contravene

Other forms of contravene

past tense

contravened·

present participle

contravening·

third person

contravenes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about contravene

What does contravene mean?

contravene means "go against, as of rules and laws". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in contravene?

contravene has 3 syllables: con-tra-vene. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑntɹəˌvin/.

What is another word for contravene?

Close synonyms include conflict, run afoul, infringe, contradict, negate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is contravene a common word?

contravene is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with contravene?

6 words rhyme with contravene. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.