Words that rhyme with contrariwise

  • comprise
    v 1: be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?" [syn: consist, comprise] 2: include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" [syn: incorporate, contain, comprise] 3: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be]
  • advise
    v 1: give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" [syn: rede, advise, counsel] 2: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize] 3: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" [syn: propose, suggest, advise]
  • allies
    n 1: the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945 2: in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers 3: an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy
  • anticlockwise
    adv 1: in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move; "please move counterclockwise in a circle!" [syn: counterclockwise, anticlockwise] [ant: clockwise] adj 1: in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock [syn: counterclockwise, anticlockwise, contraclockwise] [ant: clockwise]
  • apprise
    v 1: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize] 2: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" [syn: instruct, apprise, apprize] 3: gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue] [ant: depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue] 4: increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise] [ant: depreciate]
  • arise
    v 1: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" [syn: originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow] 2: originate or come into being; "a question arose" [syn: arise, come up, bob up] 3: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" [syn: arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up] [ant: lie, lie down, sit, sit down] 4: result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" [syn: arise, come up] 5: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down] 6: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn: rebel, arise, rise, rise up] 7: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise] [ant: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in]
  • assize
    n 1: the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale 2: an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property
  • chastise
    v 1: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct]
  • clockwise
    adv 1: in the direction that the hands of a clock move; "please move clockwise in a circle" [ant: anticlockwise, counterclockwise] adj 1: in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock [ant: anticlockwise, contraclockwise, counterclockwise]
  • coastwise
    adv 1: by way of, or along the coast; "we were travelling coastwise" adj 1: along or following a coast; "coastal shipping"; "coastwise winds contributed to the storm"
  • crabwise
    adj 1: (of movement) at an angle [syn: crabwise, sideways]
  • crosswise
    adv 1: not in the intended manner; "things are going crosswise" 2: transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across" [syn: across, crosswise, crossways] adj 1: lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension" [ant: lengthways, lengthwise] 2: in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross
  • edgewise
    adv 1: with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise" [syn: edgeways, edgewise] 2: as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise" [syn: edgewise, edgeways]
  • endwise
    adv 1: on end or upright; "sticks leaning against the wall endways" [syn: endways, endwise] 2: in or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise; "endways pressure" [syn: endways, endwise] 3: with the end forward or toward the observer; "houses built endways" [syn: endways, endwise, end on]
  • leastwise
    adv 1: if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial); "at least he survived"; "they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"; "the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching" [syn: at least, leastways, leastwise, at any rate]
  • lengthwise
    adv 1: in the direction of the length; "He cut the paper lengthwise" [syn: lengthways, lengthwise, longwise, longways, longitudinally] adj 1: running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing; "the lengthwise dimension" [syn: lengthwise, lengthways] [ant: crosswise]
  • likewise
    adv 1: in like or similar manner; "He was similarly affected"; "some people have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil"- Samuel Johnson [syn: similarly, likewise] 2: in addition; "he has a Mercedes, too" [syn: besides, too, also, likewise, as well] 3: equally; "parents and teachers alike demanded reforms" [syn: alike, likewise]
  • nowise
    adv 1: in no manner; "they are nowise different" [syn: nowise, to no degree]
  • otherwise
    adv 1: in other respects or ways; "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation" 2: in another and different manner; "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape"; [syn: differently, otherwise, other than] adj 1: other than as supposed or expected; "the outcome was otherwise"
  • sidewise
    adv 1: toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows" [syn: sideways, sideway, sidewise] 2: with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise" [syn: sideways, sideway, sidewise] 3: from the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise" [syn: sideway, sideways, sidewise]
  • slantwise
    adv 1: at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction [syn: slantwise, slantways]
  • stepwise
    adv 1: proceeding in steps; "the voltage was increased stepwise" [syn: stepwise, step by step] adj 1: one thing at a time [syn: bit-by-bit, in small stages, piecemeal, step-by-step, stepwise]
  • unwise
    adj 1: showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an unwise investor is soon impoverished" 2: not appropriate to the purpose [syn: inexpedient, unwise]
  • baptize
    v 1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" [syn: baptize, baptise, christen]
  • apprize
    v 1: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize] 2: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" [syn: instruct, apprise, apprize] 3: gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue] [ant: depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue] 4: increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise] [ant: depreciate]
  • breadthwise
    adv 1: in the direction of the breadth; "cut the cloth breadthwise" [syn: breadthwise, breadthways, broadwise]
  • longwise
    adv 1: in the direction of the length; "He cut the paper lengthwise" [syn: lengthways, lengthwise, longwise, longways, longitudinally]
  • streetwise
    adj 1: having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment [syn: streetwise, street smart, with-it]
  • soliloquize
    v 1: talk to oneself [syn: monologuize, monologuise, soliloquize, soliloquise]
  • anywise
  • applies
  • ayes
  • belies
  • buys
  • complies
  • cornerwise
  • cries
  • decries
  • ais
  • spokewise
  • widthwise
  • saltirewise

See also contrariwise definition and contrariwise synonyms