You need to reverse your vest, it's back to front.
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Reverse
/ɹɪˈvɝs/
Synonyms for "reverse" (461 found)
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Closest matches (93)
Noun(19 words)
abandonabolishabout faceabout-faceabout-turnabrogateadversativeadverseadversityadversiveafterpartafterpieceafterthoughtafterthoughtsalterannulantagonisticantiantipatheticantipodal
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antipodeantipodeanantipodesantipoleantithesisantitheticantitheticalantonymantonymousassimilateassimilate toat cross purposesat cross-purposesatavismautomatic transmissionbackback awayback doorback offback seatback sideback trackback trailback upbackingbacking offbacking outbacking upbackpedalbacksetbackslidebackslidingbacktrackbacktrailbackupbackwardbackward deviationbackwaterbafflementbalancingbalkbecomebehindbetter thoughtsblackjackbreechbridgebring tocalamitycancel
Verb(4 words)
Strong matches (138)
capsizecatastrophechangechange intochange of mindchange overcheckcheckmateclashingcogwheelcomedowncompensatingconflictingconfrontingconfusioncontracontradictcontradictorycontradistinctcontrapositive
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contrariouscontrarycontrastedconverseconvertcorrectcountercounterbalancecounterbalancingcountercheckcountermandcountermarchcounterordercounterpointcounterpoisecounterpoisedcounterpolecountertermcountervailingdead againstdebacledefeatdescentdestroydifferentialdifferential geardifficultydisaffirmdisannuldisappointmentdisasterdiscomfiturediscordantdiscrepantdisenchantmentdismantledo away withdo overdownevertexchangeeyeball to eyeballeyeball-to-eyeballfacingfalling backflipflip flopflip sideflip-flopfluctuatefoilfreewheelfrustrationgamegeargear traingearboxgearinggearshiftgearwheelgo asterngo into reverseheadsheelhighhind endhind parthindheadhostilehydromaticinconsistentinimicalinterchangeintermediateintrovertintussusceptinvaginateinvalidateinverseinversioninvertinvertedlapselapse backliftlowmakemake overmake sternwaymake voidmature judgmentmirrormirror imagemisadventure
Verb(11 words)
Noun(12 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (230)
misfortunemishapmodifynaturalizenegateneutralnullifyobverseocciputoffsetopposedopposingoppositeopposite numberopposite sideoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantother faceother side
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overdriveoverrideoverruleoverthrowoverturnperversepolarpolaricpolarizedposteriorposternproblempronatequashrackrearrear endrearwardrebuffrecallrecantrecidivaterecidivationrecidivismreclamationreconversionreconvertrecrudescencerecurrencereducereduce toregressregressionrehabilitationreinstatementrelapserenderrenegerenewalrenouncerepealrepudiaterepugnantrepulserescindresolve intorestitutionrestorationresupinateretractretrocederetrocessionretrogradationretrograderetrogressretrogressionretroversionretrovertreturnreturningreversalreverse of fortunereversedreversingreversionrevertrevertingrevokerevolverevulsionright-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
Verb(33 words)
Noun(32 words)
not constructed fromopposite push directionopposite sideother sideoverturnoverturningoverturning a rulingoverturning of policyoverturning orderoverturnsrearrecederepealsrepentingretreatretrograde periodretrogradesretrogradingreversalreverse gear
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32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
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17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Collocations
13 entriesdramatic reversalpolicy reversalreverse a decisionreverse coursereverse digitsreverse directionreverse gearreverse orderreverse psychologyreverse sidereverse the orderreverse trendsudden reversal
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
6 entriesAntonyms
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
2 translations across 2 languages.
Hungarian
1 entries- tolat verb (rail transport, of points: to move from the normal position to the reverse position)
Romanian
1 entries- inversa verb (rail transport, of points: to move from the normal position to the reverse position)
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.
Source: tatoeba (265490)
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.
Source: tatoeba (638881)
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