Other Words for Reverse

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Reverse as a Adjective has these synonyms:

alter, change, modify, renounce, recant, take back
Example: Reverse the polarity of the wiring. I reversed my opinion after hearing her sing.

Reverse as a Noun has these synonyms:

invert, overturn, turn upside down, turn topsy-turvy, turn over, up-end, exchange, change, interchange, transpose
Example: Using your finger to keep the mercury from running out, reverse the tube in the dish of mercury. Perhaps the car will start if you reverse the leads to the battery.

opposite, contrary, inverse, converse, inverted, upside down, mirror, reversed, backward
Example: Now try turning the wheel in the reverse direction. What appears on the retina is a reverse image, which the brain inverts.

overturn, overthrow, upset, set aside, quash, override, annul, nullify, vacate, abandon, revoke, negate, veto, declare null and void, disaffirm, invalidate, cancel, repeal, rescind, overrule, countermand, undo
Example: The superior tribunal reversed the decision of the lower-court judge.

Reverse as a Verb has these synonyms:

back up, move or go backwards or also backward, backtrack, make sternway
Example: You will be in the right spot if you reverse a yard or two.

back, rear, wrong side, verso, underside, flip side, B-side, tail side
Example: Read what it says on the reverse.

opposite, contrary, converse, antithesis
Example: Whatever she tells you, I suggest you do the reverse.

set-back, disappointment, misfortune, reversal, mishap, misadventure, trouble, problem, difficulty, vicissitude, adversity, defeat, disaster, catastrophe, d‚bacle, rout, washout
Example: We suffered a temporary reverse or two in business, but we're all right now. United suffered a humiliating reverse against Wanderers in the cup last week.

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