CONTRASTIVE
Scrabble letter values: C3O1N1T1R1A1S1T1I1V4E1 = 16
Definition
- adjective of words so related that one contrasts with the other. — synonyms: incompatible
- adjective strikingly different. — synonyms: contrasting
- adjective syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence.
Examples
- “`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms”
- “tending to contrast”
- “contrasting (or contrastive) colors”