CONTRARY

Meaning

noun

a relation of direct opposition

“we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true”

Synonyms reverseopposite

adjective

very opposed in nature or character or purpose

“acts contrary to our code of ethics”

Definitions, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Related words without a link are English but not in our game word list.

Hooks

Letters you can add to the front or back of CONTRARY to make another valid word.

Anagrams

No other word uses exactly these letters.

Words inside CONTRARY

80 shorter words you can make from these letters.

7-letter

• carroty¹²
• carryon¹²

6-letter

• aroynt⁹
• cantor⁸
• carrot⁸
• carton⁸
• contra⁸
• craton⁸
• crayon¹¹
• notary⁹
• rancor⁸
• rotary⁹
• trocar⁸

5-letter

• acorn⁷
• actor⁷
• atony⁸
• canto⁷
• canty¹⁰
• carny¹⁰
• carry¹⁰
• corny¹⁰
• cotan⁷
• crony¹⁰
• cyano¹⁰
• cyton¹⁰
• narco⁷
• octan⁷
• racon⁷
• rayon⁸
• taroc⁷
• tarry⁸
• trona⁵

4-letter

• arco⁶
• arty⁷
• cant⁶
• carn⁶
• carr⁶
• cart⁶
• coat⁶
• cony⁹
• corn⁶
• cory⁹
• cyan⁹
• narc⁶
• nary⁷
• nota⁴
• orca⁶
• orra⁴
• racy⁹
• rant⁴
• rato⁴
• roan⁴
• roar⁴
• rota⁴
• ryot⁷
• taco⁶
• tarn⁴
• taro⁴
• tony⁷
• tora⁴
• torc⁶
• torn⁴
• torr⁴
• tory⁷
• tray⁷
• troy⁷
• tyro⁷
• yarn⁷

3-letter

• act⁵
• ant³
• any⁶
• arc⁵
• art³
• can⁵
• car⁵
• cat⁵
• cay⁸
• con⁵
• cor⁵
• cot⁵