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adjective · rare

contrastive

contrastive · more contrastive · most contrastive

Contrasting: tending to contrastContrasting: tending to contrast; being in contrast.

UK/kənˈtɹɑː.stɪv/US/kənˈtɹæs.tɪv/

Meaning

1 senses

Contrasting: tending to contrast; being in contrast.
strikingly different; tending to contrast

Forms

more contrastive, most contrastive

Comparative	more contrastive Lesson
Superlative	most contrastive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Close in meaning

of words so related that one contrasts with the other:incompatible
strikingly different; tending to contrast:contrasting

Word family

9 related words

RelatedcomparativeA2 contrast

Derivedcontrastive linguistics contrastively contrastiveness contrastivism contrastivist contrastivity noncontrastive

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

contraryB1 contrastA2 contravene contributeB1 contributionB1 contributor

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