All counterpoint synonyms

noun counterpoint

• inverse — reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
• contradistinction — a distinction made by contrasting different qualities
• antithesis — The antithesis of something is its exact opposite.
• disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
• contradiction — If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand.
• opposition — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
• differentiation — Biology. the process by which cells or tissues change from relatively generalized to specialized kinds, during development.
• opposite — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
• contrast — A contrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them.