mindmap root((相反)) opposite applies to things that stand in sharp contrast or in conflict: they held ~ views on foreign aid. contradictory applies to two things that completely negate each other so that if one is true or valid the other must be untrue or invalid: made ~ predictions about the stock market. contrary implies extreme divergence or diametrical opposition of such things as opinions, motives, intentions, or ideas: ~ accounts of the late president's character. antithetical stresses clear and unequivocally diametrical opposition: a law that is ~ to the basic idea of democracy.