
Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)reverse, contrary, oppositea relation of direct opposition“we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true” (n)reverse, versothe 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, reversechange 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, vacatecancel officially“He revoked the ban on smoking”,
“lift an embargo”,
“vacate a death sentence” (v)invert, reversereverse the position, order, relation, or condition of“when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb” Adjectives
(s)rearward, reversedirected or moving toward the rear“a rearward glance”,
“a rearward movement” (a)reverseof the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle“in reverse gear” (s)inverse, reversereversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect