Contrary
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: opposed in nature strongly dissimilar
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: Contrarily
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The opposite. One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true.
Example sentence: The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.
Reverse
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having the order of its constituents moved backwards in time or space.Causing movement in the opposite direction.to be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The opposite of front.The opposite of forward.The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.To turn something inside out or upside down.To transpose the positions of two things.To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction.To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.To place a set of points in the reverse positionto move from the normal position to the reverse position
Example sentence: The world is like a reverse casino. In a casino, if you gamble long enough, you're certainly going to lose. But in the real world, where the only thing you're gambling is, say, your time or your embarrassment, then the more stuff you do, the more you give luck a chance to find you.