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100 Best Synonyms for “On The Contrary”

September 13, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. absolutely not definitely the opposite
2. actually in fact, not so
3. adversatively in contrast or opposition
4. adversely in opposition
5. against that opposed to that
6. against the claim opposed to the claim
7. altogether otherwise completely different instead
8. antithetically in direct opposition
9. anything but far from being that
10. au contraire on the contrary
11. by contrast showing the opposite situation
12. by no means not at all
13. certainly not definitely not
14. contradicting that saying the opposite
15. contradictorily in a contradictory way
16. contrarily in an opposite way
17. contrariwise on the contrary
18. conversely from the opposite perspective
19. counter to it opposed to it
20. counter to that against that claim
21. countering that responding in opposition
22. counterwise in an opposing way
23. denying that saying that is untrue
24. diametrically in complete opposition
25. disproving that showing that false
26. even so despite that; still
27. falsely not truly; wrongly
28. far from it the opposite is true
29. far otherwise very differently
30. for all that despite that
31. from the other side from the opposite perspective
32. from the reverse angle from the opposite perspective
33. hardly certainly not
34. having said that despite that point
35. however in contrast; nevertheless
36. if anything quite the reverse
37. in contradiction in conflict with that
38. in fact really; the truth is
39. in no way not at all
40. in opposition in contradiction to that
41. in reality actually; truly
42. in reverse the other way around
43. in the contrary sense with opposite meaning
44. in the opposite sense with reverse meaning
45. incorrect not correct
46. indeed in fact; actually
47. instead in place of that idea
48. inversely in the opposite manner
49. just the reverse exactly the opposite
50. mistaken wrong; incorrect
51. mutatis mutandis with necessary changes
52. nay used to correct or contradict
53. negating that denying that statement
54. no used to contradict
55. not at all certainly not
56. not in the least not at all
57. not precisely not exactly so
58. not so that is incorrect
59. not true false; incorrect
60. nothing like it far from that
61. nothing of the sort not that at all
62. off base incorrect; mistaken
63. off the mark not accurate
64. on the flip side from the opposite angle
65. on the other hand from another side
66. opposedly in an opposing way
67. oppositely in the reverse way
68. otherwise in a different way
69. per contra on the contrary
70. quite otherwise very differently instead
71. quite the contrary exactly the opposite
72. quite the opposite exactly the reverse
73. quite the reverse exactly the opposite
74. rather instead; quite the opposite
75. really actually; in truth
76. rebutting that arguing against that
77. refuting that proving that wrong
78. rejecting that refusing that claim
79. reversely in reverse manner
80. reversewise in the opposite direction
81. scarcely almost not; contrary to that
82. still nevertheless; despite that
83. the contrary the opposite
84. the converse the opposite statement
85. the opposite the contrary situation
86. the other way around in the opposite order
87. the reverse the opposite situation
88. the very opposite the exact opposite
89. to the contrary indicating the opposite
90. to the opposite effect with the reverse meaning
91. to the opposite side toward the reverse view
92. to the reverse effect with opposite meaning
93. truthfully in truth; actually
94. vice versa with roles reversed
95. way off very incorrect
96. wholly otherwise entirely different instead
97. wide of the mark far from correct
98. wrong not correct
99. wrongly not correctly; oppositely
100. yet nevertheless; actually opposite

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