Antonyms for reverse
rɪˈvɜrsre·verse

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1. reverseadverb

   Antonyms:
   normalise, normalize

2. reversenoun

   The opposite of something.

   We believed the Chinese weren't ready for us. In fact, the reverse was true.

   Antonyms:
   normalize, normalise

3. reversenoun

   Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.

   He selected reverse gear.

   Antonyms:
   normalise, normalize

4. reversenoun

   To transpose the positions of two things.

   Antonyms:
   normalize, normalise

5. reverseverb

   To return, come back.

   Antonyms:
   normal, normalise, normalize

6. reverseverb

   The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.

   Antonyms:
   normalize, normalise

7. reverseverb

   The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.

   Antonyms:
   normalise, normalize

8. reverseverb

   Antonyms:
   normalise, normalize

9. reverseverb

   Antonyms:
   normalize, normalise

10. reverseverb

    Antonyms:
    normalize, normalise

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1. reverse

   Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

   Antonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

   Synonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

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1. reverseverb

   Antonyms:
   order, arrange, place, collocate, range

   Synonyms:
   invert, derange, upset, overturn, subvert, annul, counterchange

2. reversenoun

   Antonyms:
   version, arrangement, sequence, order, collocation, position, perpetuation, continuance, stability, identity, uniformity, regularity, obverse, front

   Synonyms:
   inversion, derangement, counterchange, counterposition, opposition, contrariety, contradiction, alteration, change, mutation, rear, back, evolution, counterexhibition

Matched Categories

1. • American Football
   • Happening
   • Reorder
   • Run

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1. reverse, contrary, oppositenoun

   a relation of direct opposition

   "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"

   Antonyms:
   obverse, forward

   Synonyms:
   reversal, turnabout, turnaround, setback, opposite, black eye, opposite word, verso, contrary, inverse, blow, antonym, opposition, opponent, reversion, reverse gear

2. reverse, reverse gearnoun

   the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed

   Antonyms:
   obverse, forward

   Synonyms:
   reverse gear, verso, turnabout, contrary, reversal, blow, reversion, opposite, black eye, turnaround, setback

3. reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eyenoun

   an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

   Antonyms:
   obverse, forward

   Synonyms:
   nose candy, reversal, turnabout, puff, turnaround, setback, snow, about-face, opposite, change of mind, gust, shock, black eye, flip-flop, verso, policy change, volte-face, mouse, turn around, shiner, contrary, bump, blow, transposition, coke, reversion, blast, reverse gear

4. reverse, versonoun

   the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design

   Antonyms:
   obverse, forward

   Synonyms:
   reverse gear, verso, turnabout, contrary, reversal, blow, reversion, opposite, black eye, turnaround, setback

5. reversenoun

   (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction

   Antonyms:
   obverse, forward

   Synonyms:
   reverse gear, verso, turnabout, contrary, reversal, blow, reversion, opposite, black eye, turnaround, setback

6. reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaroundadjective

   turning in the opposite direction

   Antonyms:
   obverse, forward

   Synonyms:
   reverting, policy change, reversal, turnabout, turnaround, contrary, relapsing, lapse, about-face, regress, change of mind, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, atavism, setback, verso, turnaround time, flip-flop, retrogression, black eye, volte-face, turn around, turnround, relapse, blow, transposition, opposite, retroversion, reversion, reverse gear

7. rearward, reverseadjective

   directed or moving toward the rear

   "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"

   Antonyms:
   obverse, forward

   Synonyms:
   rearward(a), rearward, inverse, rear(a)

8. reverseadjective

   of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle

   "in reverse gear"

   Antonyms:
   obverse, forward

   Synonyms:
   inverse, rearward

9. inverse, reverseverb

   reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

   Antonyms:
   obverse, forward

   Synonyms:
   inverse, rearward

10. change by reversal, turn, reverseverb

    change to the contrary

    "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

    Antonyms:
    obverse, forward

    Synonyms:
    bend, wrick, work, plow, overthrow, change state, vacate, repeal, twist, annul, release, rick, overrule, lift, flex, invert, move around, wrench, become, turn back, turn, sour, override, overturn, grow, sprain, call on, change by reversal, turn over, rescind, revoke, ferment, deform, plough, countermand

11. turn back, invert, reverseverb

    turn inside out or upside down

    Antonyms:
    obverse, forward

    Synonyms:
    turn, stop, countermand, backtrack, run off, change by reversal, revoke, vacate, chase away, hold back, retrovert, regress, annul, overturn, drive out, revert, invert, check, double back, drive off, contain, overrule, lift, return, drive away, override, dispel, arrest, overthrow, rescind, repeal, turn back

12. overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverseverb

    rule against

    "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"

    Antonyms:
    obverse, forward

    Synonyms:
    turn, bring down, tip over, change by reversal, bowl over, upset, turn over, lift, vacate, annul, overthrow, countermand, subvert, rescind, invert, revoke, revolutionise, overrule, knock over, revolutionize, override, overturn, tump over, repeal, turn back

13. revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacateverb

    cancel officially

    "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

    Antonyms:
    obverse, forward

    Synonyms:
    nullify, cabbage, revolutionise, hook, bring down, rise, wind, avoid, quash, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, resign, empty, abandon, overrule, lift, turn over, nobble, go up, pinch, overthrow, plagiarize, arise, invert, abstract, rescind, bowl over, come up, turn back, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, change by reversal, give up, purloin, snarf, subvert, overturn, repeal, invalidate, override, raise, revolutionize, renounce, sneak, tip over, get up, upset, move up, swipe, airlift, revoke, rear, tump over, turn, face-lift, knock over, vacate, rustle, void, countermand

14. invert, reverseverb

    reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of

    "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb"

    Antonyms:
    obverse, forward

    Synonyms:
    countermand, invert, overrule, rescind, revoke, vacate, overturn, lift, change by reversal, override, annul, overthrow, turn back, repeal, turn

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1. reversenoun

   Synonyms:
   opposite, contrary, counterpart, reversal, misfortune, failure

2. reverseverb

   Synonyms:
   invert, overthrow, subvert, overturn, revoke, annul, rescind, countermand

How to use reverse in a sentence?

1. Dean Ornish:

   But I believe that it's not one diet and lifestyle intervention for heart disease, another for diabetes or prostate cancer, and yet a different one for Alzheimer's. It's really the same for all these different conditions, to reverse the disease, you need to follow the interventions nearly 100%. If you're just trying to prevent disease, then the more you change, the more you improve. But what matters most is your overall way of eating, living and loving so that we can all die young as old as possible.

2. London Breed:

   I love The Seattle Pride Parade and what The Seattle Pride Parade means for our LGBTQ community and for our city, the Seattle Pride Parade’s one of my favorite events of the year. However, if the Pride board does not reverse its decision, I will join our city public safety departments that are not participating in The Seattle Pride Parade.

3. Steve Beissinger:

   When we go back and resurvey places [in Joshua Tree] that the early scientists at UC Berkeley visited a century ago, we find about half as many birds, and that's because it's warmed and dried so much, what we're seeing is a whole kind of change in a community; a collapse in the case of birds. For park managers, there's limits of what they can actually do to reverse this because of the climate change effects.

4. Kailee Scales:

   Folks in Black Lives Matter have been consistently fighting to reverse that trend, to raise awareness that this is not the way we're supposed to live.

5. Donald Trump:

   If I had told you eight years ago that America would reverse a great recession, reboot our auto industry, and unleash the longest stretch of job creation in our history… If I had told you that we would open up a new chapter with the Cuban people, shut down Iran’s nuclear weapons program without firing a shot, and take out the mastermind of 9/11… If I had told you that we would win marriage equality, and secure the right to health insurance for another 20 million of our fellow citizens – you might have said our sights were set a little too high.

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