contrast: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 10 letter points · starts with C · ends with T
Meaning of contrast
noun
- uncountable
A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable. The degree of this difference.
Example: The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart.
- countable
A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable. A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
- countable
A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
Example: Israel is a country of many contrasts.
- countable
Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
Listed forms: contrasts.
Source: Wiktionary — contrast.
verb
- transitive
To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between; to counterpoint.
- intransitive, often
To form a contrast.
Example: Foreground and background strongly contrast.
Listed forms: contrasts, contrasting, contrasted.
Source: Wiktionary — contrast.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for contrast.
noun
the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
- direct contrast
noun
a conceptual separation or distinction
- line
- dividing line
- demarcation
verb
to show differences when compared; be different
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is contrast in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of contrast
C(3) + O(1) + N(1) + T(1) + R(1) + A(1) + S(1) + T(1) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of contrast
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from contrast
181 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in contrast. Showing up to 24, longest first.