on the contrary
Quite the reverse
On the contrary signals emphatic disagreement or correction—not just "no," but "the opposite is true." Someone says the plan failed; you reply On the contrary, it succeeded beyond expectations.
The phrase insists on reversal rather than mere denial, often carrying a note of indignation or surprise that the other person got it so wrong.
- converselyIn opposite manner
- contrariwiseIn the opposite direction
- yetStill, or eventually
- howeverIntroduces a contrasting point
- alternativelyBy another choice
but · nevertheless · rather · actually · au contraire · instead · far from it · far from · by no means · differently · oppositely · antithesis · notwithstanding · on the other hand · counterargument · refutation · think again · pushback
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- correctionscorrection, corrections, fix, fixing, rectification
- conjunctionsand, but, or, for, nor
- transitionstransition, blending, segue, fade, changeover
on the contrarysimilarly
In comparable fashion
likewise · in the same vein · by the same token · along the same lines · correspondingly
contrast, contrary, contradict, contradiction, contradictory, contrarian, contra, contrariety, contrariness