ಅರ್ಥ : Of words so related that one contrasts with the other.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : incompatible
ಅರ್ಥ : Strikingly different. Tending to contrast.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Contrasting (or contrastive) colors.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : contrasting
ಅರ್ಥ : Syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function.