1. (adj)contradictory two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time Antonyms: consistent, synonymous, supportive, compatible
2. (adj)contradictory of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false Synonyms: mutually exclusive, conflicting, at odds(p), confounding, self-contradictory Antonyms: synonymous, compatible, consistent, supportive
5. (adj)contradictory, mutually exclusive unable to be both true at the same time Synonyms: mutually exclusive, conflicting, contradictory, at odds(p), confounding, self-contradictory Antonyms: compatible, consistent, supportive, synonymous
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'contradictory'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. contradictory Foreign refers to difference of birth, alien to difference of allegiance. In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is confl Synonyms: conflicting, distant, inappropriate, strange, contradictory, foreign, irrelevant, unconnected, contrary, hostile, opposed, unlike, contrasted, impertinent, remote Antonyms: akin, apropos, germane, proper, appropriate, essential, pertinent, relevant