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Synonyms for conflicting

  • adjective

Most common

contradictory inconsistent contrary discordant

All synonyms

Adjective

contradictory, inconsistent, contrary, discordant, opposed, self-contradictory, opposing, antagonistic, incongruous, hostile, adverse, jarring, belligerent, alien, irreconcilable, incompatible, inimical, repugnant

Antonyms

consistent, personable, complementary

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Fighting; contending; in conflict.

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Conflicting, Foreign, Remote, Unlike, Unconnected or Alien?

In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • contrary They say he is guilty, but I believe the contrary.
  • inconsistent Nursery rhymes are deliberately inconsistent texts.
  • contradictory What they say is contradictory to their feelings.
  • discordant He laughed with a metallic and discordant sound.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
conflictingsteady
contraryfalling
inconsistentsteady
contradictoryrising
discordantsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
alien3
7 letters
opposed2, hostile2, adverse2, jarring2
8 letters
contrary3, opposing3, inimical4
9 letters
repugnant3
10 letters
discordant3
11 letters
belligerent4, incongruous4
12 letters
inconsistent4, incompatible5, antagonistic5
13 letters
contradictory5
14 letters
irreconcilable6

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alien3 = 3 syllables).