contra

Meanings

1. Against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to.

1. Contrary to something.

1. A deal to swap goods or services.
2. A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
3. An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
4. Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
5. A contra dance.
6. A country dance.

1. To undo; to reverse.

1. A member of any of various rightist guerrilla groups violently opposing the socialist Sandinista government of Nicaragua and secretly funded by the United States government in the 1980s.

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin contrā.