against; contrary; opposing; contrasting: contraceptive, contradistinction (in music) pitched below: contrabass
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con•tra1
(kon′trə),USA pronunciation prep.
adv.
con•tra2 (kon′trə; Sp. kôn′trä),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tras (-trəz; Sp. -träs).USA pronunciation
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025- against;
in opposition or contrast to:Consider the problems of the teenager contra those of the adult.
adv.
- contrariwise;
on or to the contrary.
- Latin contrā
- Middle English 1350–1400
con•tra2 (kon′trə; Sp. kôn′trä),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tras (-trəz; Sp. -träs).USA pronunciation
- Government(often cap.) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- American Spanish, shortening of contrarrevolucionario counterrevolutionary
contra-1 ,prefix.
- contra- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "against, opposite, opposing.'' This meaning is found in such words as: contraband, contraception, contradict, contrary.
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'contra' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Cont.
- Origen
- con
- contra-
- contra-guide rudder
- contraband
- contrabasso
- contrabassoon
- contraception
- contraceptive
- contraclockwise
- contracyclical
- contradict
- contradistinction
- contradistinguish
- contraindicate
- contralateral
- contralto
- contraoctave
- contraorbital
- contraplete
- contraposition
- contrapposto
- contrary
- contrast
- contrate
- contravallation
- contravene
- contrayerva
- controversy
- counter
- counter-
- countertenor
- countervail
- country
- encounter
- per contra
- pros and cons