oppositive

1. 1.

   expressing antithesis or opposition

   “the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'”

   Synonymsadversative

   Similardisjunctive

Questions about oppositive

What does oppositive mean?

oppositive means "expressing antithesis or opposition".

How many syllables are in oppositive?

oppositive has 4 syllables and divides as op-po-si-tive under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for oppositive?

Close synonyms include adversative. 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.