1. Contrary to expectations
   "he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends"
   - contrarily, to the contrary, contrariwise

Encyclopedia: On the contrary

• John Hemminge
• John Henry
• John Henry Newman
• John Henry O'Hara
• John Herschel
• John Herschel Glenn Jr.
• John Hope Franklin
• John Howard
• John Howard Northrop
• John Hoyer Updike
• John Huss
• John Huston
• John Irving
• John Jacob Astor
• John James Audubon
• John James Osborne
• John James Rickard Macleod
• John Jay
• John Joseph McGraw
• John Joseph Pershing
• John Keats
• John Keble
• John Kenneth Galbraith
• John Knox
• John L. H. Down