Definitions For Contrary

noun

• A logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
• Exact opposition
• A relation of direct opposition
• Exactly opposite to something else : entirely different from something else
• Against or opposed to something
• Not favorable or helpful

adjective

• In an opposing direction
• Resistant to guidance or discipline
• Very opposed in nature or character or purpose
• Of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false