Versus

//ˈvɜːsəs//

Synonyms for "versus" (39 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Preposition(2 words)

across adverse to against at cross purposes at cross-purposes with athwart

Strong matches (12)

con confronting contra counter to dead against en route to facing fronting headed for in conflict with in front of in opposition to

Related words (19)

in passage to in transit to on on route to opposed to opposite opposite to over against to toward towards up upon v vis-a-vis vs

Preposition(3 words)

v.vs vs.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

Synonyms

2 entries

v vs

Related terms

6 entries

convert evert invert subvert verse vertex

derived

9 entries

graft-versus-host disease man versus time nature versus nurture offer versus serve player versus environment player versus player punctus versus save versus us versus them

form of

1 entries

related to

16 entries

action against appellant as opposed to compared convert defendant evert invert legal opposition plaintiff respondent subvert verse vertex

Translations

96 translations across 40 languages.

Arabic

4 entries

ضِِدَّ prep (in opposition to)
ضِِدَّ prep (compared with)
عَلَى اَلْعَكْس prep (compared with)
فِي مُقَابِل prep (in opposition to)

Armenian

2 entries

դեմ prep (in opposition to)
ընդդեմ prep (in opposition to)

Belarusian

1 entries

су́праць prep (in opposition to)

Bulgarian

2 entries

в сравне́ние с prep (compared with)
срещу prep (in opposition to)

Catalan

3 entries

en comparació amb prep (compared with)
en contra prep (in opposition to)
enfront de prep (in opposition to)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

對 /对 prep (in opposition to)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

和 prep (compared with)
對 /对 prep (in opposition to)
比……相对 prep (compared with)
比……相對 /比……相对 prep (compared with)

Czech

3 entries

oproti prep (in opposition to)
srovnej s prep (compared with)
versus prep (in opposition to)

Danish

3 entries

mod prep (in opposition to)
mod prep (compared with)
over for prep (compared with)

Dutch

1 entries

tegen prep (in opposition to)

Esperanto

2 entries

kontraŭ prep (in opposition to)
kontraŭ prep (compared with)

Finnish

4 entries

vastaan prep (in opposition to)
verrattuna siihen, että prep (compared with)
versus prep (in opposition to)
versus prep (compared with)

French

2 entries

contre prep (in opposition to)
face à prep (in opposition to)

Georgian

2 entries

შედარებით prep (compared with)
წინააღმდეგ prep (in opposition to)

German

4 entries

contra prep (in opposition to)
gegen prep (in opposition to)
gegenüber prep (compared with)
im Gegensatz zu prep (in opposition to)

Greek

3 entries

rest prep (compared with)
βέρσους prep (in opposition to)
κατά prep (in opposition to)

Hebrew

2 entries

לעומת prep (compared with)
נֶגֶד prep (in opposition to)

Hungarian

4 entries

(ezzel) szemben prep (compared with)
ha prep (compared with)
hogy… prep (compared with)
kontra prep (in opposition to)

Icelandic

2 entries

móti prep (in opposition to)
á móti prep (in opposition to)

Ido

1 entries

kontre prep (in opposition to)

Irish

1 entries

in aghaidh prep (in opposition to)

Italian

1 entries

contro prep (in opposition to)

Japanese

2 entries

バーサス prep (in opposition to)
対 prep (in opposition to)

Khmer

1 entries

ទល់នឹង prep (in opposition to)

Korean

2 entries

대 prep (in opposition to)
비하다 prep (compared with)

Latin

1 entries

contrā prep (in opposition to)

Latvian

1 entries

salīdzinot ar prep (compared with)

Malay

1 entries

lawan prep (in opposition to)

Norwegian

1 entries

versus prep (in opposition to)

Polish

3 entries

a prep (compared with)
kontra prep (in opposition to)
versus prep (in opposition to)

Portuguese

3 entries

contra prep (in opposition to)
contra prep (compared with)
vérsus prep (in opposition to)

Romanian

2 entries

contra prep (in opposition to)
împotriva prep (in opposition to)

Russian

3 entries

в сравне́нии с prep (compared with)
по сравне́нию с prep (compared with)
про́тив prep (in opposition to)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

nasprotiv prep (in opposition to)
protiv prep (in opposition to)

Slovene

1 entries

proti prep (in opposition to)

Spanish

2 entries

contra prep (in opposition to)
en vez de prep (in opposition to)

Swedish

4 entries

jämfört prep (compared with)
kontra prep (in opposition to)
mot prep (in opposition to)
mot prep (compared with)

Tibetan

3 entries

ཁ་གཏད་དུ prep (in opposition to)
གཞན་ལས prep (compared with)
འགལ་ཟླར prep (in opposition to)

Urdu

2 entries

بمقابلہ prep (in opposition to)
مقابلہ prep (compared with)

Vietnamese

4 entries

và prep (compared with)
đấu với prep (in opposition to)
đối prep (in opposition to)
đối đầu prep (in opposition to)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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It's a comparison of setting the white balance to "auto" versus presetting it with white copy paper.

Source: tatoeba (327295)

The exchange rate of the dollar versus the euro has declined.

Source: tatoeba (681844)

Your opponents are an illusion. There are no distinct entities of "us" versus "them."

Source: tatoeba (4644185)

Gandhi's strategy of civil disobedience only worked because of colonial India's racial homogeneity versus its British overlords.

Source: tatoeba (5887831)

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