Contrary
Opposed
Opposed adjective - Being in opposition or having an opponent.
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Synonyms for Opposed
Contrary is a synonym for opposed in antagonistic topic. You can use "Contrary" instead an adjective "Opposed", if it concerns topics such as conflicting, different. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- reverse and contrary
- reverse and opposed
- discordant and contrary
- discordant and opposed
- hostile and contrary
- hostile and opposed
- antagonistic and contrary
- antagonistic and opposed
- inimical and contrary
- inimical and opposed
- incompatible and contrary
- incompatible and opposed
- clashing and contrary
- clashing and opposed
Both words in one sentence
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Mechanical Horse: Silver Cyborg and Rusty Cyborg unicorns, contrary to the name, look like full-on robots as opposed to mere cyborgs.
Source: Video Game / Valley Of Unicorns -
She realizes this even more in Restoration when, after Calhoun is presumed dead, she's given her own command, staffs it with the most exemplary crew (as opposed to Calhoun's off-kilter bunch), and finds herself being contrary to her first officer and missing the old crew.
Source: Commander Contrarian -
Freaky Thursday: after reading both stories, one may think in Owen as somebody who always gets eliminated early into the game (as opposed to canon), and think in Ezekiel as a great player who always manages to get really far in the show (again, contrary to canon).
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