You need to reverse your vest, it's back to front.
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Reverse
//ɹɪˈvɝs//
Synonyms for "reverse" (381 found)
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Closest matches (77)
inverseinvertoverrulerearwardreversionrevokeabandonabolishabout faceabout-faceabout-turnabrogateadversativeadverseadversityadversiveafterpartafterpieceafterthoughtafterthoughts
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alterannulantagonisticantiantipatheticantipodalantipodeantipodeanantipodesantipoleantithesisantitheticantitheticalantonymantonymousassimilateassimilate toat cross purposesat cross-purposesatavismautomatic transmissionbackback awayback doorback offback seatback sideback trackback trailback upbackingbacking offbacking outbacking upbackpedalbacksetbackslidebackslidingbacktrackbacktrailbackupbackwardbackward deviationbackwaterbafflementbalancingbalkbecomebehindbetter thoughtsblackjackbreechbridge
Noun(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (114)
bring tocalamitycancelcapsizecatastrophechangechange by reversalchange intochange of mindchange overcheckcheckmateclashingcogwheelcomedowncompensatingconflictingconfrontingconfusioncontra
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contradictcontradictorycontradistinctcontrapositivecontrariouscontrarycontrastedconverseconvertcorrectcountercounterbalancecounterbalancingcountercheckcountermandcountermarchcounterordercounterpointcounterpoisecounterpoisedcounterpolecountertermcountervailingdead againstdebacledefeatdescentdestroydifferentialdifferential geardifficultydisaffirmdisannuldisappointmentdisasterdiscomfiturediscordantdiscrepantdisenchantmentdismantledo away withdo overdownevertexchangeeyeball to eyeballeyeball-to-eyeballfacingfalling backflipflip flopflip sideflip-flopfluctuatefoilfreewheelfrustrationgamegeargear traingearboxgearinggearshiftgearwheelgo asterngo into reverseheadsheelhighhind endhind parthindheadhostilehydromaticinconsistentinimicalinterchangeintermediateintrovertintussusceptinvaginateinvalidateinversioninvertedlapselapse backlift
Verb(3 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (190)
lowmakemake overmake sternwaymake voidmature judgmentmirrormirror imagemisadventuremisfortunemishapmodifynaturalizenegateneutralnullifyobverseocciputoffsetopposed
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opposingoppositeopposite numberopposite sideoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantother faceother sideoverdriveoverrideoverthrowoverturnperversepolarpolaricpolarizedposteriorposternproblempronatequashrackrearrear endrebuffrecallrecantrecidivaterecidivationrecidivismreclamationreconversionreconvertrecrudescencerecurrencereducereduce toregressregressionrehabilitationreinstatementrelapserenderrenegerenewalrenouncerepealrepudiaterepugnantrepulserescindresolve intorestitutionrestorationresupinateretractretrocederetrocessionretrogradationretrograderetrogressretrogressionretroversionretrovertreturnreturningreversalreverse of fortunereversedreversingrevertrevertingrevolverevulsionright-aboutright-about-facerotateroutsecond thoughtsset asidesetbacksetoffsevere checkshiftslip backslipping backsquared offstandard transmissionsternstick shiftsupinatesuspendswingaroundswitchswitch oversynchromeshtailtail endtailpiecetailstake backtergiversatingtergiversationthe contrarythe other sidethrowbacktransfertransformtransmissiontransplacetransposetroubleturnturn aboutturn aroundturn backturn downturn inturn inside outturn intoturn outturn overturn the scaleturn the tablesturn topsy-turvyturn upside downturnaboutturnaroundturningundersideundoupsetupside downvacateversovetovicissitudevis-a-visvoidvolte facevolte-facewaivewashoutwithdrawwrite offwrong side
Adjective(1 words)
Adverb(3 words)
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5 entriesSynonyms
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2 entriesrelated to
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1 entriesTranslations
243 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَكَسَ verb (to turn something around)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tərs adj (causing movement in the opposite direction)
Bulgarian
4 entries- обратен adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- задна скорост noun (gear)
- неуспех noun (setback, misfortune)
- обръщане noun (reversal)
Catalan
1 entries- retrògrad adj (causing movement in the opposite direction)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 褪車 /褪车 verb (to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 倒車 /倒车 verb (to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions)
- 反 verb (to turn something around)
Czech
2 entries- opak noun (opposite of something — see also opposite)
- rub noun (side of something facing away; opposite of front)
Dutch
2 entries- achteruit noun (gear)
- keerzijde noun (side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse)
Finnish
4 entries- käänteinen adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- peruutus adj (causing movement in the opposite direction)
- päinvastainen adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- klaava noun (side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse)
French
4 entries- inverse adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- contraire noun (opposite of something — see also opposite)
- côté pile noun (side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse)
- envers noun (side of something facing away; opposite of front)
Galician
2 entries- marcha atrás adj (causing movement in the opposite direction)
- marcha atrás noun (gear)
German
4 entries- umgekehrt adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- umgekehrt adj (causing movement in the opposite direction)
- Gegenteil noun (opposite of something — see also opposite)
- Hinterseite noun (side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse)
Greek
2 entries- αντίστροφο noun (opposite of something — see also opposite)
- όπισθεν noun (gear)
Hindi
4 entries- उल्टा adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- विपरीत adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- विलोमित adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- विपरीत noun (opposite of something — see also opposite)
Hungarian
4 entries- fordított adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- megfordított adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- balszerencse noun (setback, misfortune)
- bukás noun (setback, misfortune)
Irish
4 entries- aisiompaigh verb (to turn something around)
- aisiompaigh verb (to turn something inside out or upside down)
- aisiompaigh verb (to transpose the positions of two things)
- cúlaigh verb (to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions)
Italian
4 entries- al contrario adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- inverso adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- inverso adj (causing movement in the opposite direction)
- invertito adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
Japanese
4 entries- あべこべの adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- 逆の adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- 逆進する adj (causing movement in the opposite direction)
- 裏 noun (side of something facing away; opposite of front)
Norwegian
1 entries- rygge adj (causing movement in the opposite direction)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- revers noun (side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse)
- revers noun (gear)
- rygge verb (to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- revers noun (side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse)
- revers noun (gear)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- وارون adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
Persian
1 entries- برعکس adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
Polish
3 entries- odwrócony adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- reszka noun (side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse)
- rewers noun (side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse)
Portuguese
4 entries- contrário adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- inverso adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- invertido adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- marcha à retaguarda adj (causing movement in the opposite direction)
Rapa Nui
1 entries- kume verb (to revoke a law)
Romanian
4 entries- invers adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- inversă adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- răsturnat adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- contrariu noun (side of something facing away; opposite of front)
Russian
4 entries- обра́тный adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- обра́тный adj (causing movement in the opposite direction)
- противополо́жный adj (causing movement in the opposite direction)
- вы́вернуть verb (to turn something inside out or upside down)
Spanish
4 entries- al revés adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- contrario adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- en sentido contrario adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- inverso adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
Swedish
2 entries- backa adj (causing movement in the opposite direction)
- back noun (gear)
Tagalog
1 entries- kabaligtaran noun (side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse)
Turkish
1 entries- aksi adj (causing movement in the opposite direction)
Ukrainian
2 entries- касува́ти verb (to revoke a law)
- скасува́ти verb (to revoke a law)
Vietnamese
4 entries- ngược adj (having the order of its constituents moved backwards)
- số de noun (gear)
- hoán đổi verb (to transpose the positions of two things)
- lùi xe verb (to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions)
Sample sentences
40 total sentences available.
Instead of putting the car into gear, she put it into reverse, causing a great deal of damage to the store-front.
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He did the reverse of what I asked.
Source: tatoeba (297317)
Translation is always a treason, and as a Ming author observes, can at its best be only the reverse side of a brocade,—all the threads are there, but not the subtlety of colour or design.
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