# contrarian

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈtɹɛə.ɹi.ən/ · frequency rank #45,290

## Definitions
1. A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite.
2. A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others.

## Etymology
From contrary + -an (suffix forming agent nouns; and meaning of or pertaining to forming adjectives), modelled after words like libertarian.

## Common misspellings (15)
`ccontrarian`, `cnotrarian`, `conntrarian`, `conrtarian`, `contarrian`, `contrairan`, `contrarain`, `contrariann`, `contrarina`, `contrarrian`, `contrraian`, `contrrarian`, `conttrarian`, `cotnrarian`, `ocntrarian`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/contrarian