contrast

contrast is a 8-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.
2. transitive verb. To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past.
3. transitive verb. To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object.
4. noun. The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities.
5. noun. Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp. as shown by juxtaposition or comparison.
6. noun. The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's peculiarities.
7. noun. the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
8. noun. the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
9. noun. the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
10. noun. a conceptual separation or distinction

    "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"

    Synonyms: demarcation, line

11. noun. the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared, "by contrast"

    "in contrast to"

12. verb. put in opposition to show or emphasize differences

    "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student"

13. verb. to show differences when compared; be different

    "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"

    Synonyms: counterpoint

Synonyms

demarcation, line, counterpoint

Common word forms

contrasts, contrasted, contraster, contrasting, contrastable, contrastment

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