Contrary and False

Contrary

Contrary adjective - Being as different as possible.

False and contrary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "False" instead an adjective "Contrary".

False

False adjective - Not being in agreement with what is true.

Contrary and false are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrary" instead an adjective "False".

Both words in one sentence

  • This belief is false, but the magocracy stamps out any evidence to the contrary by hunting down and executing magically gifted commoners.
  • All Just a Dream This would imply that all of Aeneas' subsequent adventures leading up to and including the foundation of glorious Rome are all but a "false dream", contrary to Octavian's wish.
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False and Contrary. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrary/false
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False or Contrary. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrary/false.
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