Synonyms of the word

inverse

• adj. Opposite in effect, nature or order.
• adj. Reverse, opposite in order.
• adj. (botany) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
• adj. (mathematics) Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when…
• adj. (geometry) That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point…
• adj. (category theory, of a category) Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse…
• n. An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside…
• n. The result of an inversion, particularly.
• n. (mathematics) A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the…
• n. (category theory) A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
• n. (card games) The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that…
• n. (linguistics, Kiowa-Tanoan) A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number…
• v. (surveying) To compute the bearing and distance between two points.

backward

• adj. (of motion) Pertaining to the direction towards the back.
• adj. (of motion) Pertaining to the direction reverse of normal.
• adj. Reluctant or unable to advance.
• adj. Of a culture considered undeveloped or unsophisticated.
• adj. Pertaining to a thought or value that is considered outdated.
• adj. (cricket) On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
• adj. (cricket) Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
• adj. (obsolete) Unwilling; averse; reluctant.
• adj. Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
• adj. Late or behindhand.
• adj. (obsolete) Already past or gone; bygone.
• adv. (of motion) In the direction towards the back; backwards.
• adv. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
• adv. By way of reflection; reflexively.
• adv. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
• n. The state behind or past.

opposite

• adj. Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
• adj. (botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
• adj. Facing in the other direction.
• adj. Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
• adj. Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
• n. Something opposite or contrary to another.
• n. An opponent.
• n. An antonym.
• n. (mathematics) An additive inverse.
• adv. In an opposite position.
• prep. Facing, or across from.
• prep. In a complementary role to.
• prep. (television) On another channel at the same time.

oppositeness

• n. The state or condition of being opposite.

opposition

• n. The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
• n. An opposite or contrasting position.
• n. (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees…
• n. (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
• n. (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent…
• n. (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance…

reciprocal

• adj. Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others;…
• adj. Mutually interchangeable.
• adj. (grammar) expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive.
• adj. (mathematics) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution…
• adj. Done, given, felt, or owed in return.
• n. (arithmetic) Of a number, the number obtained by dividing 1 by the given number; the result of exchanging…

reverse

• adj. Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
• adj. Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
• adj. (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
• adj. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
• adj. (botany) Reversed.
• adj. (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
• adv. (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; upside-down.
• n. The opposite of something.
• n. The act of going backwards; a reversal.
• n. A piece of misfortune; a setback.
• n. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
• n. The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
• n. The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
• n. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
• n. (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
• v. (intransitive) To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.
• v. (intransitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
• v. (intransitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
• v. (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
• v. (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
• v. (ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
• v. (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
• v. (rail transport, transitive) To place a set of points in the reverse position.
• v. (rail transport, intransitive, of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position.
• v. To overthrow; to subvert.