Found 2 items, similar to adversative.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: adversative adversative adj : expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'" [syn: oppositive]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Adversative Adversative \Ad*ver"sa*tive\, a. [L. adversativus, fr. adversari.] Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force. -- Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] Adversative \Ad*ver"sa*tive\, n. An adversative word. --Harris. [1913 Webster]