CONTRA

Contra

(noun) a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

Contra (plural Contras)

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.

Anagrams

• Cantor, Carnot, Carton, Catron, TRACON, cantor, carton, corant, craton, tracon

Etymology

Preposition

contra

against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to

Synonyms

• against, anti

Antonyms

• for, pro

Adverb

contra (comparative more contra, superlative most contra)

contrary to something

Synonyms

• See also contrarily

Noun

contra (plural contras)

(business) A deal to swap goods or services.

(politics, pejorative) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.

(accounting) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).

(music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.

(dance) A contra dance.

(obsolete, US, New England, dance) A country dance.

Verb

contra (third-person singular simple present contras, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

(accounting) To undo; to reverse.

Anagrams

• Cantor, Carnot, Carton, Catron, TRACON, cantor, carton, corant, craton, tracon

Source: Wiktionary

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Con"tra.

Definition: A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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