Reverse

Adjective

 * 1) Having the order of its constituents moved backwards in time or space.
 * We ate the meal in reverse order with the dessert first and ending with the starter.
 * The mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene.
 * 1) Causing movement in the opposite direction.
 * He selected reverse gear.
 * 1)  to be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.

Antonyms

 * normal

Derived terms

 * reverse discrimination

Adverb

 * 1)  In a reverse way or direction; upside-down.
 * 2) * 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII:
 * they three smote hym at onys with their spearys, and with fors of themselff they smote Sir Launcelottis horse revers to the erthe.
 * 1) * 1963, Donal Serrell Thomas, Points of Contact:
 * The man was killed to feed his image fat / Within this pictured world that ran reverse, / Where miracles alone were ever plain.

Noun

 * 1) The opposite of front.
 * 2) The opposite of forward.
 * 3) The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
 * 4) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.

Verb

 * 1)  To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.
 * 2)  To turn something inside out or upside down.
 * 3)  To transpose the positions of two things.
 * 4)  To return, come back.
 * 5) * 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii:
 * Bene they all dead, and laid in dolefull herse? / Or doen they onely sleepe, and shall againe reuerse?
 * 1)  To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
 * 2)  To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction.
 * 3)  To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
 * 4)  To place a set of points in the reverse position
 * 5)  to move from the normal position to the reverse position

Derived terms

 * to reverse out
 * bootlegger reverse
 * reversal noun

Antonyms

 * normalise / normalize

Adjectives for Reverse
occasional; ominous; appalling; disastrous; catastrophic.

Verbs for Reverse
allay—; bear—; compare—s; contend with —s; encounter—s; lament—; mitigate—; shoulder—; suffer—; teach—; —annuls; — cancels; —damages; —deposes; —depress¬es; —dissolves; —overrides; —saddles.

Adverbs for Reverse
dramatically; automatically; mechanically; strategically; desperately; strikingly; appreciably.

Thesaurus
Hydromatic, abandon, abolish, about-face, about-turn, abrogate, adversative, adverse, adversity, adversive, afterpart, afterpiece, afterthoughts, alter, annul, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipode, antipodean, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, antithetic, antithetical, antonym, antonymous, assimilate to, at cross-purposes, atavism, automatic transmission, back, back away, back door, back off, back seat, back side, back track, back trail, back up, backing, backing off, backing out, backing up, backpedal, backset, backslide, backsliding, backtrack, backtrail, backup, backward, backward deviation, backwater, bafflement, balancing, balk, become, behind, better thoughts, breech, bring to, cancel, capsize, catastrophe, change, change into, change of mind, change over, check, checkmate, clashing, cogwheel, comedown, compensating, conflicting, confronting, confusion, contra, contradictory, contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrasted, converse, convert, counter, counterbalance, counterbalancing, countercheck, countermand, countermarch, counterorder, counterpoint, counterpoise, counterpoised, counterpole, counterterm, countervailing, dead against, debacle, defeat, descent, differential, differential gear, difficulty, disaffirm, disannul, disappointment, disaster, discomfiture, discordant, discrepant, disenchantment, dismantle, do away with, do over, down, evert, exchange, eyeball to eyeball, eyeball-to-eyeball, facing, falling back, flip, flip side, flip-flop, foil, freewheel, frustration, gear, gear train, gearbox, gearing, gearshift, gearwheel, go astern, go into reverse, heads, heel, high, hind end, hind part, hindhead, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, interchange, intermediate, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, invalidate, inverse, invert, inverted, lapse, lapse back, lift, low, make, make over, make sternway, make void, mature judgment, mirror, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, modify, naturalize, negate, neutral, nullify, obverse, occiput, offset, opposed, opposing, opposite, opposite number, opposite side, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, other face, other side, overdrive, override, overrule, overthrow, overturn, perverse, polar, polaric, polarized, posterior, postern, problem, pronate, quash, rack, rear, rear end, rearward, rebuff, recall, recant, recidivate, recidivation, recidivism, reclamation, reconversion, reconvert, recrudescence, recurrence, reduce to, regress, regression, rehabilitation, reinstatement, relapse, render, renege, renewal, renounce, repeal, repugnant, repulse, rescind, resolve into, restitution, restoration, resupinate, retract, retrocede, retrocession, retrogradation, retrograde, retrogress, retrogression, retroversion, retrovert, return, returning, reversal, reverse of fortune, reversed, reversing, reversion, revert, reverting, revoke, revolve, revulsion, right-about, right-about-face, rotate, rout, second thoughts, set aside, setback, setoff, severe check, shift, slip back, slipping back, squared off, standard transmission, stern, stick shift, supinate, suspend, swingaround, switch, switch over, synchromesh, tail, tail end, tailpiece, tails, take back, tergiversating, tergiversation, the contrary, the other side, throwback, transfer, transform, transmission, transplace, transpose, trouble, turn, turn about, turn around, turn back, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn into, turn out, turn over, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn topsy-turvy, turn upside down, turnabout, turnaround, underside, undo, upset, upside down, vacate, verso, veto, vicissitude, vis-a-vis, void, volte-face, waive, washout, withdraw, write off, wrong side

Etymology
From revers:, from  reversus: (past participle of revertere:)

Adjective

 * Romanian: invers, răsturnat, inversă


 * Spanish: al revés,  en sentido contrario


 * Spanish: reverso


 * Spanish: reverso


 * : inverse, revers, l'envers, le verso

Noun

 * Portuguese:


 * Romanian: spate, revers, dos, verso, contrariu


 * Romanian: spate, dos


 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German: Rückwärtsgang
 * Italian:


 * Portuguese: marcha ré,
 * Spanish: marcha atrás, retroceso , reversa  , riversa
 * Swedish:


 * : contraire, opposé, revers, envers, verso

Verb

 * : faire marche arrière
 * Portuguese: ,


 * Romanian: inversa, răsturna, bascula


 * Portuguese:


 * Romanian: întoarce (pe dos)


 * Romanian: inversa


 * Romanian: revoca, abroga, anula


 * Romanian: inversa, întoarce


 * Romanian: inversa


 * Romanian: inversa


 * : retourner, inverser, renverser

Anagrams

 * reserve
 * reveres
 * severer

Anagrams

 * réserve, réservé