contra

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kontrə)

Inflections of 'contra' (n): npl: contras

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
con•tra1  (kontrə),USA pronunciation prep. 
  1. against;
    in opposition or contrast to:Consider the problems of the teenager contra those of the adult.

adv. 
  1. contrariwise;
    on or to the contrary.
  • Latin contrā
  • Middle English 1350–1400

con•tra2  (kontrə; Sp. kônträ),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tras (-trəz; Sp. -träs).USA pronunciation 
  1. Government(often cap.) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
  • American Spanish, shortening of contrarrevolucionario counterrevolutionary

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
contra-1 ,prefix. 
  1. contra- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "against, opposite, opposing.'' This meaning is found in such words as: contraband, contraception, contradict, contrary.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
contra-
  1. against; contrary; opposing; contrasting: contraceptive, contradistinction
  2. (in music) pitched below: contrabass
Etymology: from Latin, from contrā against
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