contra danse cont·ra·danse uncommon noun (1) verb (1) noun 1. a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line Synonymscountry-dancecountry dancingcontredansecontra dansecontradance verb 1. perform a contradance Synonymscontradancecountry-dancecontredansecontra danse Related words Word family contra dansecontredansecountry-dance Broader terms folk dancingdance Narrower terms longwayssquare dancedo-si-dopromenadesashayswinglandler WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.