Definitions from Wiktionary (Contra)
▸ adverb: Contrary to something.
▸ noun: (business) A deal to swap goods or services.
▸ noun: (politics, derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
▸ noun: (accounting, often attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
▸ noun: (music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
▸ noun: (dance) A contra dance.
▸ noun: (obsolete, US, New England, dance) A country dance.
▸ verb: (accounting) To undo; to reverse.
▸ noun: A member of any of various rightist guerrilla groups violently opposing the socialist Sandinista government of Nicaragua and secretly funded by the United States government in the 1980s.
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▸ adverb: Contrary to something.
▸ noun: (business) A deal to swap goods or services.
▸ noun: (politics, derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
▸ noun: (accounting, often attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
▸ noun: (music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
▸ noun: (dance) A contra dance.
▸ noun: (obsolete, US, New England, dance) A country dance.
▸ verb: (accounting) To undo; to reverse.
▸ noun: A member of any of various rightist guerrilla groups violently opposing the socialist Sandinista government of Nicaragua and secretly funded by the United States government in the 1980s.
Similar:
counter,
ajar,
athwart,
wrongways,
overthwartly,
astray,
amiss,
unright,
just,
ab inconvenienti,
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Types:
fiddle,
accordion,
concertina,
harmonica,
melodica,
bagpipes,
snare drum,
triangle,
cymbals,
tambourine,
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▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
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▸ Invented words related to contra