N. contrariety, contrast,
foil,
antithesis, oppositeness,
contradiction,
antagonism,
clashing,
repugnance, inversion, the opposite, the reverse, the inverse, the converse, the antipodes, the antithesis, the other extreme
V. be contrary, contrast with,
oppose, diller toto coelo,
invert, reverse, turn the tables, turn topsy-turvy, turn end for end, turn upside down, turn inside out,
contradict,
contravene,
antagonize Adj. contrary,
contrarious,
contrariant, opposite, counter, dead against,
converse, reverse, opposed,
antithetical, contrasted,
antipodean,
antagonistic,
opposing, conflicting, inconsistent,
contradictory, at cross purposes, negative, hostile, differing toto coelo, diametrically opposite, diametrically opposed, as opposite as black and white, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the poles, as different as night and day, "hyperion to a satyr", quite the contrary, quite the reverse, no such thing, just the other way, tout au contraire
N. contraposition, opposition, # polarity, inversion, opposite side, reverse, inverse,
counterpart,
antipodes, opposite poles, north and south,
antonym, opposite (contrariety) 14
Adj. opposite, reverse, inverse,
converse,
antipodal,
subcontrary, fronting, facing, diametrically opposite, northern,
septentrional,
boreal, arctic, southern,
austral,
antarctic Adv. over, over the way, over against, against, face to face, vis-a- vis, as poles asunder
N. conversation,
interlocution,
collocution,
colloquy,
converse,
confabulation, talk, discourse, verbal intercourse, oral communication, commerce, dialogue, duologue,
trialogue, causerie,
chat,
chitchat, small talk, table talk, teatable talk, town talk, village talk, idle talk,
tattle,
gossip,
tittle-tattle,
babble,
babblement, tripotage,
cackle,
prittle-prattle,
cancan,
on dit, talk of the town, talk of the village, conference,
parley,
interview,
audience,
pourparler,
tete-a-tete, reception,
conversazione, congress,
powwow, hall of audience,
durbar,
palaver,
debate,
logomachy, war of words,
gossip,
tattler, paul pry,
tabby,
chatterer,
interlocutor,
conversationist,
dialogist, "the feast of reason and the flow of soul", mollia tempora fandi
V. talk together,
converse,
confabulate, hold on a conversation, carry on a conversation, join in a conversation, engage in a conversation, put in a word, shine in conversation, bandy words,
parley,
palaver,
chat,
gossip,
tattle,
prate,
powwow, discourse with, confer with, commune with, commerce with, hold converse, hold conference, hold intercourse, talk it over, be closeted with, talk with one in private,
tete-a-tete Phr. "with thee conversing i forget all time"
