Definition of contrastive Contrastive

con•tras•tive

We found 4 definitions of contrastive from 2 different sources.

What does contrastive mean?

Adjective
contrastive - syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"
		disjunctive serving or tending to divide or separate
contrastive - of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"
		incompatible
		antonymous of words: having opposite meanings
contrastive - strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
		contrasting
		different differing from all others; not ordinary; "advertising that strives continually to be different"; "this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it"