contraries Definition

contrary
adj

1. Opposite; quite different; opposed.

Thesaurus: opposed, hostile, antagonistic, counter, antithetical.
Form: contrary to something (often)
2. Said of a wind: blowing against one; unfavourable.
3. Obstinate, perverse, self-willed or wayward.

Thesaurus: obstinate, headstrong, perverse, ornery, balky, cantankerous, refractory, difficult.

noun contraries

1. An extreme opposite.
2. Either of a pair of opposites.
3. logic.
Either of two propositions that cannot both be true of the same thing, but they can both be false.

Derivative: contrariety

Opposition.

Inconsistency; discrepancy.

Derivative: contrarily
adverb

Idiom: on the contrary

In opposition or contrast to what has just been said.

Idiom: to the contrary

To the opposite effect; giving the contrasting position.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin contrarius, from contra opposite.