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Open English Wordnet Nouns (n) reverse , contrary , opposite a relation of direct opposition “we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true”
(n) reverse , verso the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
(n) reverse (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
Verbs (v) change by reversal , turn , reverse change to the contrary “The trend was reversed” ,
“the tides turned against him” ,
“public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern”
(v) revoke , annul , lift , countermand , reverse , repeal , overturn , rescind , vacate cancel officially “He revoked the ban on smoking” ,
“lift an embargo” ,
“vacate a death sentence”
(v) invert , reverse reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of “when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb”
Adjectives (a) reverse of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle “in reverse gear”
(s) rearward , reverse directed or moving toward the rear “a rearward glance” ,
“a rearward movement”
(s) inverse , reverse reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect