Reverse

Definition: Reverse

Reverse

Adjective

1. Directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement".

2. Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect.

3. Of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle; "in reverse gear".

Noun

1. A relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true".

2. The gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed.

3. An unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating.

4. The side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design.

5. Turning in the opposite direction.

Verb

1. 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".

2. Turn inside out or upside down.

3. Rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill".

4. Annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "reverse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Reverse \Re*verse"\, adjective. [Old English revers, Old French revers, Latin reversus, past participle of revertere. See Revert.]. (references)

Finance

Business

General

Law

Mechanical Engineering

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Reverse

Abrogation

Verb: abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy; abolish; revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall; abolitionize; overrule, override; set aside; disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void; disestablish, disendow; deconsecrate.

Adversity

Mishap, mischance, misadventure, misfortune; disaster, calamity, catastrophe; accident, casualty, cross, reverse, check, contretemps, rub; backset, comedown, setback.

Amusement

Cards, card games; whist, rubber; round game; loo, cribbage, besique, euchre, drole, ecarte, picquet, allfours, quadrille, omber, reverse, Pope Joan, commit; boston, boaston; blackjack, twenty-one, vingtun; quinze, thirty-one, put, speculation, connections, brag, cassino, lottery, commerce, snip-snap-snoren, lift smoke, blind hookey, Polish bank, Earl of Coventry, Napoleon, patience, pairs; banker; blind poker, draw poker, straight poker, stud poker; bluff, bridge, bridge whist; lotto, monte, three-card monte, nap, penny-ante, poker, reversis, squeezers, old maid, fright, beggar-my-neighbor; baccarat.

Change

Recast; reverse; disturb; convert into.

Contraposition

Contraposition, opposition; polarity; inversion; opposite side; reverse, inverse; counterpart; antipodes; opposite poles, North and South.

Adjective: opposite; reverse, inverse; converse, antipodal,

Contrariety

Invert, reverse, turn the tables; turn topsy-turvy, turn end for end, turn upside down, turn inside out.

Inversion; the opposite, the reverse, the inverse, the converse, the antipodes, the other extreme. Verb: be contrary; Adjective: contrast with, oppose; diller toto coelo.

Adjective: contrary, contrarious, contrariant; opposite, counter, dead against; converse, reverse; opposed, contrasted, antipodean, antagonistic, opposing; conflicting, inconsistent, contradictory, at cross purposes; negative; hostile. differing toto coelo; diametrically opposite; diametrically opposed; as opposite as black and white, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the poles; as different as night and day; " Hyperion to a satyr"; quite the contrary, quite the reverse;no such thing, just the other way, tout au contraire.

Evidence

Plea; vindication; counter protest; "tu quoque" argument; other side of the shield, other side of the coin, reverse of the shield.

Inversion

Invert, subvert, retrovert, introvert; reverse; up turn, over turn, up set, over set; turn topsy turvy; Adjective: culbuter; transpose, put the cart before the horse, turn the tables.

Inverse; reverse; (contrary); opposite.

Rear

Reverse; other side of the shield.

Regression

Counter motion, retrograde motion, backward movement, motion in reverse, counter movement, counter march; veering, tergiversation, recidivation, backsliding, fall; deterioration; recidivism, recidivity.

Crosswords: Reverse

When you reverse, things come at you from behind (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Reverse Darwinism - survival of the most idiotic (Jurassic Park III; writing credit: Peter Buchman)

Reverse it. (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; writing credit: Roald Dahl)

Use reverse psychology (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

The spell, Piper, you need to reverse it. Fast (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true. (references; author: Polish Proverb)

If he was any slower, he'd be going in reverse. (references; author: unknown)

Murder in Reverse (1945)

The Reverse Be My Lot (1937)

Reverse English (1926)

The Reverse of the Medal (1923)

Rouch in Reverse (1995)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Reverse Acronyms Initialisms & Abbreviated Dictionary (reference)

• Reverse Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviation Dictionary (23rd Ed (3 Vol Set)) (reference)

• Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease: The Only System Scientifically Proven to Reverse Heart Disease Without Drugs or Surgery (reference)

• The Schwarzbein Principle II: The "Transition" - A Regeneration Program to Prevent and Reverse Accelerated Aging (reference)

• Syndrome X: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Oil & Gas Reverse Directory (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Father Ted - Nuns! Nuns! Reverse (Vol. 2) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Sing Hollies in Reverse (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Pentax Reverse Adapter B - 52mm (reference)

• Aiwa HSTX516 Dig.Synthesized Tuner Worldwide, Auto Reverse Cassette, 24hr Play (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Dremel 16433 5" Reverse Tooth Scroll Saw Blades (12-Pack) (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-I) enters the T-lymphocyte where the virus loses its outer envelop, releasing its RNA and its reverse transcriptase. The reverse transcriptase builds a complimentary DNA strand from the viral RNA template. The DNA helix is inserted into the host genome. When this is transcribed by the infected cell, the new viral RNA and proteins are produced to form new viruses that then bud from the cell membrane, thus completing the life cycle of the virus. See artwork: GR-32. Credit: Trudy Nicholson (artist).

A technician gives an older woman a mammogram. There are 6 shots in the series. 1) technician and machine, medium shot. 2) technician and machine, long shot. 3) compressed breast close-up. 4) woman preparing for exam next to machine with technician in background adjusting controls. 5) technician and woman at machine. 6) technician and woman at machine, reverse angle. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Figure 5. An Aime tide gauge. Aime's tidal studies began at the port of Algiers in 1838. Aime designed a prismatic lead tube supported by wood and provided with a filtering mechanism at its base that attenuated wave motion. A wood float connected to a counterweight by a silk cord, indicated the level of the sea on a reverse graduated scale which was calibrated on a calm day. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Reverse circulation exploration drillrig at Crown Jewel Project, Okanogan County, Washington. Credit: Brent Cunderla.

[Fumigation: Obverse and Reverse of a fumigation ticket]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Drug Jar: English Delftware: circa 1660. Showing obverse and reverse images]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Photograph probably taken on board USS Minnesota (Battleship # 22), circa 1910, and published on a stereograph card by the Keystone View Company during the World War I period. Note other men relaxing and reading. Note "Nick Carter" magazine in center, and men at right holding a USS Minnesota cap ribbon. . See Photo # NH 85292 (extended caption) for the text printed on the original stereograph card's reverse side, concerning the sailors' "comfort bags" and other items provided by American women through the Red Cross and Navy League during World War I. Credit: NAVY.

Obverse of a Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to Chief Water Tender Peter Tomich for "extraordinary courage and disregard of his own safety" as USS Utah (AG-16) was sinking during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. See Photo # NH 95031-KN for a view of the reverse of this medal. Credit: NAVY.

Reverse of target. Credit: Library of Congress.

Auchincloss residence, McLean, Virginia. Dining room, reverse light. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The Permanent Court of International Justice may affirm, vary or reverse any of the findings or recommendations of the Commission of Enquiry, if any, and shall in its decision indicate the measures, if any, of an economic character which it considers to be appropriate, and which other Governments would be justified in adopting against a defaulting Government. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

If you push it in, the events of the next hour happen in the reverse order

There are men who seem born to be the opposite, the reverse, the counterpart

less likely to get hurt by our cruel world, when obviously the reverse is true

He put the car in reverse, backed around and turned

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

At present, Medicaid is more likely to subsidize Medicare than the reverse. (references)

Several new drugs under study may eventually prevent or reverse diabetic neuropathy. (references)

Campaigns for judicious use of antibiotics may slow or reverse emerging drug resistance. (references)

Business

In contrast, in the U.S., it is precisely the reverse. (references)

There is an appeals process, but appeals generally do not reverse verdicts. (references)

Government regulations at first glance sometimes appear too harsh and have a reverse effect on the general picture. (references)

Children

Mozambique

Provincial Ministry of Women and Coordination of Social Action officials continued their educational campaign to reverse traditional attitudes toward children with disabilities. (references)

Mozambique

Social workers have found that some parents of children with disabilities did not permit their children to leave their homes; provincial women and social action officials continued their educational campaign to reverse traditional attitudes toward children with disabilities. (references)

Italy

Schooling is free and compulsory for children from age 7 to age 18; those unable (or unwilling) to follow the academic curriculum are allowed to shift to vocational training at age 15. This reform was intended to reverse the middle and secondary school dropout rate, which historically has been high. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malaysia

In June 1999, the High Court agreed to hear Chandra's application to reverse the university's decision. (references)

Iran

The new Parliament (which was seated in May 2000), introduced a bill in August 2000 to reverse the restrictive amendments. (references)

Kenya

Since 1997 the Government has acted on some long-pending applications for political party registration, increasing the number of registered political parties from 23 to 40. However, the Government continued to refuse to reverse its 1994 denial of registration of the Islamic Party of Kenya (IPK), which was involved in a number of violent confrontations with police in 1992. The United Democratic Movement political party has awaited registration since 1998; however, it still was not registered at year's end, and the group that was advocating for its registration largely has disbanded. (references)

Economic History

Guinea

The GOG has responded to Embassy advocacy to reverse the changes for the mining companies. (references)

Zambia

The privatization of the mines has already begun to increase productivity and reverse the situation. (references)

Mauritius

In September 2000, the incoming government attempted to reverse the deterioration in public finances. (references)

Human Rights

Saudi Arabia

The Supreme Judicial Council is not a court and may not reverse decisions made by a court of appeals. (references)

Italy

Berlusconi attributed these cases to the leftist political agendas of some judges whose purpose allegedly was to reverse the results of the May elections. (references)

Guatemala

However, in a reverse decision in November Judge Contreras asked to be excused from hearing the case, because he felt offended by the Archbishop Office's accusations. (references)

Minorities

Togo

Political parties tend to have readily identifiable ethnic and regional bases: The RPT party is more represented among northern ethnic groups than among southern groups, while the reverse is true of the UFC and CAR opposition parties. (references)

Political Economy

JAMAICA

The BOJ continues to reduce excess liquidity through the reverse repurchase of treasury bills. (references)

INDONESIA

The new government's first task was to reverse a slumping economy and reinvigorate the economic reform process. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

Since the signing, OPIC has led several investment missions to Ukraine and hosted several reverse investment missions by Ukrainian business representatives to the United States. (references)

Syria

Within Syria, only the Commercial Bank may sell Syrian pounds for foreign currencies, and, with few exemptions, there is no reverse exchange and Syrian pounds cannot be sold back to the Commercial Bank. (references)

Travel

Argentina

Travelers should note that since Argentina is in the Southern Hemisphere, its seasons are the reverse of those in the Northern Hemisphere. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "reverse": go into reverse ♦ he is the reverse of polite ♦ HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase ♦ horizontal displacement of reverse fault ♦ in reverse ♦ in reverse order ♦ in the reverse direction ♦ on the reverse ♦ on the reverse side ♦ reverse action ♦ reverse Address Resolution Protocol ♦ reverse angle shot ♦ reverse arms ♦ reverse ARP ♦ reverse bearing ♦ reverse calf ♦ reverse charge call ♦ reverse clipping ♦ reverse conversion ♦ reverse current ♦ reverse curve ♦ reverse cycle heating ♦ reverse direction ♦ reverse dive ♦ reverse domain hijacking ♦ reverse engineering ♦ reverse fault ♦ reverse fire ♦ reverse flank ♦ reverse flying ♦ reverse gear ♦ reverse hedge ♦ reverse indentation ♦ reverse knit ♦ reverse lamb ♦ reverse learning ♦ reverse loss ♦ reverse monitor ♦ reverse movement ♦ reverse of the medal ♦ reverse of the shield ♦ reverse operation ♦ reverse option hedge ♦ reverse order ♦ reverse osmosis/deionised water ♦ reverse osmosis/deionized water ♦ reverse out ♦ reverse pitch ♦ reverse Polish notation ♦ reverse ratio write ♦ reverse running ♦ reverse shot ♦ reverse side ♦ reverse slope ♦ reverse split ♦ reverse stock split ♦ reverse stroke ♦ reverse the charge ♦ reverse the charges ♦ reverse the wheel ♦ reverse toe ♦ reverse transcriptase ♦ reverse transcriptase inhibitor ♦ Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors ♦ Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ♦ reverse turn ♦ reverse video ♦ reverse warped transition ♦ running in reverse ♦ suffer a reverse ♦ take in reverse ♦ the reverse of fortune ♦ the reverse of the medal ♦ to reverse a machine ♦ To reverse an engine. Additional references.

Beginning with "reverse": reverse-abseiling, reverse-battery, reverse-biased, reverse-body, reverse-charge, reverse-conducting, reverse-crawl, reverse-discourse, reverse-engineered, reverse-facing, reverse-flip, reverse-flow, reverse-gearing, reverse-indent, reverse-l, reverse-mutation, reverse-osmosis, reverse-pivots, reverse-polarity, reverse-pulley, reverse-punch, reverse-punching, reverse-s, reverse-stick, reverse-transcribed, reverse-transcriptase.

Ending with "reverse": anti-reverse.

Containing "reverse": reach-reverse-circle-thrust-reverse-circle, reach-reverse-thrust, reach-reverse-thrust-withdraw, shot-reverse-shot.

Afrikaans

teenoorgesteld (adverse, alien, contrary, opposite, reversed). (various references)

Albanian

ndryshoj (alter, amend, change, differ, diversify, do up, inflect, manipulate, metamorphose, recast, shift, switch, transform, vary), ndryshim (alteration, amendment, change, difference, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilation, dissimilitude, distinction, inflection, inflexion, innovation, manipulation, metamorphosis, modification, mutation, permutation, recast, reversal, shift, shifting, switch, transit, transition, turn, variation), mossukses (bad luck, failure, ill luck, no go, rot), marsh i mbrapmë, kthej mbrapsht (Evert, return, take back, upturn), këmbej (change, convert, exchange), i kundërt (adverse, antagonistic, backward, contrariety, contrary, converse, counter, cross, dissonant, divergent, negative, opposed, opposite, polar), eci mbrapsht (back up), e kundërt (contrary, extremes, opposite, the other way about), disfatë (bad luck, baffle, defeat, defection, discomfiture, licking, loss, overturn, rout), dështim (abortion, anticlimax, bust, collapse, come down, crash, cropper, discomfiture, fail, failing, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flash in the pan, flop, frost, frustration, licking, miscarriage, no go), anë e pasme (back, rearward). (various references)

Arabic 

‏عكسي (adverse, counter, inverse, reciprocal, retrograde), ‏أبطل (abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, circumvent, counteract, countermand, defeat, extinguish, frustrate, nullify, override, quash, repeal, rescind, revoke, rule out, stultify, supersede, undo, upset, vacate, vitiate, void), ‏ألغى (abolish, abort, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, deactivate, dissolve, do away with, eliminate, lift, negate, nullify, obliterate, override, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, revoke, rule out, scratch, scrub, set aside, spike, stop, undo, vacate), ‏الظهر (noonday), ‏الة عاكسة, ‏الجزء الخلفي من الشيء, ‏العاكسة (reflector), ‏القفا, ‏رجع (assign, back, come back, cut back, get back, give back, go back, pass back, rebound, reconsider, reestablish, reinstate, render, report back, resound, retreat, return, revert, send back, snap back, step back, turn, turn back, turn in), ‏عكس الاتجاه, ‏معكوس (converse, counter, inverse, negative, opposite), ‏تحرك في الاتجاه المعاكس, ‏غير (beyond, budge, but, change, commute, fashion, masquerade, metamorphose, mis, modify, modulate, non, overrun, rehash, renew, revise, shape, shift, switch, switch over, than, transfer, transpose, turn, un-), ‏قاد الى الوراء, ‏قلب (alter, bring down, capricious, capsize, center, centre, change, convert, core, essence, flip, heart, inversion, invert, inverting, leaf, middle, overthrow, overturn, reversal, tip, topple, transform, transformation, turn, turn about, turn around, turn inside down, turn over, turn up, upset, upturn, whimsical), ‏قفا (back), ‏نقيض (anti, antipode, antithesis, contradictory, mis-, negation, opposite), ‏هزيمة (beating, debacle, defeat, discomfiture, drubbing, licking, overthrow, repulse, rout, thrashing, trimming, wall), ‏مضاد (antagonistic, anti-, antithesis, contra, contrary, contrast, converse, counter), ‏عكس (antithesis, contrary, inversion, invert, obverse, reverberate). (various references)

Bulgarian 

нещо обратно (contrary), извърнат, поражение (backdown, baffle, beating, defeat, failure, injury, knockout, lesion, overturn, repulse, smash, walloping, whipping), преобръщам (invert, keel over, overbalance, overthrow, ransack, roll over, tip over, tip up, upset), преобърнат (inverted, tip over), превключване (change over, shift), променям (alter, change, change to, differentiate, graduate, leaven, modify, mutate, remodel, reshape, shade, shift, turn, vary), противоположен (adversative, antithetic, antithetical, contrary, converse, counter, inverse, inversive, obverse, opponent, opposing, opposite), давам заден ход, нещо противоположно (contrary), реверсиране (reversal), неуспех (baffle, down, failure, fiasco, fizzle, miscarriage, mishap, repulse, slip up, unsuccess), опак (cantankerous, contrary, crabby, cranky, cross-grained, perverse, rambunctious, restive, wayward, wrong), обратен (back, backward, contrary, converse, counter, cross, inverse, inversive, obverse, opposite, reactive, reciprocal, retrograde, return, wrong), обръщам (bring about, cant, convert, heave, invert, jib, jibe, notice, overset, overturn, pay, prong, reflect, revert, set, slew, slue, tip, tip over, turn, turn around, turn aside, turn over, turn round, twist, upset), отменям (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, cancel, countermand, disaffirm, extinguish, override, quash, raise, recall, remit, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, scrub, supersede, undo, wash out, withdraw), катурвам (keel over, subvert, tip, tumble, upset), размествам (change round, dislocate, interchange, jumble, permute, shuffle, transpose, unfix, unsettle), реверсирам, заден ход (stern-way). (various references)

Chinese 

相反 (Antithetic, Antithetical, Contraries, Contrary, inverse, opposite), 挫折 (setback), 扭轉 (turn around), 反向 (opposite direction). (various references)

Czech

rub (back, reverse side, tails, verso), recidiva (recurrence, relapse), protiva (beast, blighter, horror, nark, nasty, nuisance, pig, pill, set off), neúspìch (failure), obrácený (counter, inverse, revers, turned over, upside down), obrátit (convert, direct, inverse, tool, toss, upturn), obrat (conversion, ply, return, rifle, spoil, strip, trim, turn, turnover, veer), odvolat (abolish, abrogate, annul, call, call away, call back, call off, cancel, countermand, cry off, draw off, recall, recant, renounce, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, swallow, take back, take off, undo, unsay, unswear, withdraw), opaèný (adverse, contrary, converse, counter, inverse, opposite), opak (contrary, opposite), překlopit (overset, tilt, tip up), anulovat (annul, annulled, cancel, invalidate, nullify, override, rescind, revoke, scrub), protichùdný (conflicting, contradictory, divergent), zvrat (change, upset), zadní strana (reverse side), zmìnit (alter, invert, revise, switch, transform), zpáteèní rychlost (reverse gear), zpìtný (refluent, regressive, retrograde), zrušit (abolish, abrogate, annul, break off, call off, cancel, close down, countermand, destroy, disannul, discontinue, dissolve, do away with, invalidate, nullify, overturn, quash, raise, repeal, rescind, revers, revoke, set aside, stop, strike off, sweep, take off, undo, unmake, vitiate, void, withdraw), zvrátit (disgorge, overrule, overturn, set back, upset), porážka (beating, defeat, slaughter). (various references)

Danish

reversside, revers, omstyringsaggregat (reversing drive, reversing mechanism), omstyring (alternate route, alternation, alternative route, alternative routing, change-over, re-routing, reversal, reversing, shifting), negativ (negative), mindstepris (lowest charge, minimum charge, upset price), hastighed ved bakning (reverse speed), frem (forward), bak (forecastle, forward). (various references)

Dutch

rugstuk (back, reverse side). (various references)

Esperanto

malantaŭa flanko (back, reverse side), inversa (reversed), dorsflanko (back, reverse side). (various references)

Faeroese

øvutur (reversed). (various references)

Farsi 

پشت(سکه), پشت وروکردن , معکوس کننده , معکوس (Contrary, Counter, Inverse, Obverse, Setback, Upsidedown), نقض کردن (Breach, Break, Contravene, Gainsay, Infract, Quash, Violate), واژگون کردن (Overturn, Topple, Upset), وارونه کردن (Cant, Convert, Turnout, Turnover, Turquoise), وارونه (Backward, Converse, Inverse, Opposite, Upsidedown), شکست (Break, Breakage, Fracture, Refraction, Setback, Washout), برگرداندن (Convert, Evoke, Rebut, Reflect, Refract, Regurgitate, Repay, Retort, Return, Turquoise, Upset, Vomit), بدبختی (Adversity, Calamity, Disaster, Misadventure, Mischance, Misery, Misfortune, Mishap, Wrack). (various references)

Finnish

vastakkainen (contrary, opposite, reversed), suunnanvaihto (reversal, reversing), peruuttaa (back, call off, cancel, revoke), kääntää nurin (turn . . inside out, turn upside down). (various references)

French

inverse (reciprocal, reversed), verso (rear), revers. (various references)

Frisian

efterkant (back, rear, reverse side), earsling (reversed). (various references)

German

Rückseite (back, back page, backside, far side, flipside, rear, reverse side, verso), umgekehrt (contrariwise, contrary, converse, conversely, inverse, inversely, inverted, opposite, retrograde, reversed, the other way around, vice versa), Gegenteil (contrary, converse, inverse, opposite), umkehren (change one's ways, invert, overturn, retrace one's steps, reversal, to turn back, turn around, turn back, turn inside out, turn upside down, turndown), Revers (declaration, lapel, revere, revers). (various references)

Greek 

αντιστρέφω (invert). (various references)

Hebrew 

מהפך (change over, revolution, shake up, tropic, upheaval), מנוגד (antithetic, contrary, converse, counter, incompatible, opposite), לאחור (astern, backward, be late, behind, dally, overstay, rearwards, remain behind), להפוך (change, convert, go, invert, turn), לבטל החלטה (override), לנסוע אחורנית, תנועה לצד שני, חלוף (ephemeral, exchange, permutation, replacement, variation), הפך (contrary, inverse, opposite, turn into, turn upside down), הפוך (contrary, converse, inverse, inversion, inverted, obverse, overturned, tumble, turned upside down, turning over, upside down), הפכי (contradictory, opposite). (various references)

Hungarian

hátlap (back, backing, left-hand page, verso), fordítva (conversely, inversely, vice versa), ellenkező (conflicting, contrary, inverse, opposing, opposite, polar, recalcitrant, refractory, resisting). (various references)

Indonesian

terbalik (capsize, keel, rolled back), membalik (ricochet, turn, turn around, turn over), kebalikan (inverse, the contrary, the opposite). (various references)

Italian

rovescio (back, backhand, downfall, heavy shower, opposite, other side, shower, wrong side), retromarcia (reverse gear). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

転倒 (invert, turn over). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎゃく (opposite), リバース , さかしま (inversion, upside down), さかさ (inversion, inverted, reversed, upside down, upside-down), うらおもて (both sides, double-dealing, opposite, wrong side out), うらはら (contrary, opposite), りめん (back, background, inside, other side, tails), はいめん (back, rear), はんたい (antagonism, contrast, dissension, hostility, objection, opposite, opposition, resistance, vice versa), はんぷく (repetition), てんとう (a tip, counter, destiny, divine justice, falling down, inversion, invert, lighting, nodding, over-the-counter, Providence, shop, shop front, the sun, tumbling, turn over, upset, way of heaven). (various references)

Korean 

반전 (Reversing). (various references)

Manx

imman ergooyl (back, back vehicle, repel, repellent), hoal (across, beyond, come over, hence, opposite, overleaf, yonder), cooylloo (hind), cooyl (astern, back, behind). (various references)

Pig Latin

everseray.(various references)

Portuguese

reverso (converse, verso), inverso (backward, converse, equivalent, inverse, inverted, reciprocal, retrograde, reversed), oposto (ambivalent, antagonist, antagonistic, antipathic, antithesis, averse, backward, concurrent, contrary, converse, counter, cross, dissentient, hard-mouthed, opposed, opposite, repugnant, warring), contrário (abhorrent, adverse, against, ambivalent, antipathic, averse, away, contrary, converse, counter, counteractive, cross, discrepant, dissentient, inverse, loath, loth, negative, obverse, opposed, unfavorable, unfavourable, unlike, warring), avesso (back). (various references)

Romanian

revers (tail), rechema (call back, call off, recall, remand, repeal), rãsturna (capsize, coup, invert, lay low, overthrow, overturn, rummage, scatter, snooker, spill, subvert, throw down, tilt, topple, tumble, turn, upset), verso (left-hand page, verso), opus (adverse, antipathic, converse, counter, cross, opponent, opposed, opposite, opus), nenorocire (accident, affliction, bale, bane, blow, calamity, catastrophe, curse, disaster, distress, evil, ill, misadventure, misery, misfortune, need, rod, scourge, sore, trouble), inversa (invert, revert), invers (about, backward, backwards, by contraries, contrarily, contrariwise, converse, conversely, counter, inverse, inversely, opposed, opposite, reciprocally, topsy turvy, vice versa), dos (back, back side, behind, bottom, buttock, facing, inside, rear, rearward, seamy side, tail), contrar (adverse, against, antipathic, bad, contrarily, contrary, converse, counter, foul, opponent, opposed, opposite, retrograde), calamitate (affliction, calamity, disaster, fatality, pain, scourge, woe), anula (abate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, discharge, dissolve, negate, negative, nullify, overrule, quash, recall, remit, render null, repeal, rescind, undo, vacate, vitiate), întoarce (crank, geld, put about, repay, retaliate, retort, revert, set, shift, spade, turn), înfrângere (beating, defeat, discomfiture, drubbing, foil, licking, overthrow). (various references)

Russian 

реверсирование (reversal, turnaround), возобновлять обратный, обратный (backward, converse, counter, inverted, regressive, retroactive, retrograde, return, reversionary), оборотная сторона (back, verso), неудача (abortion, adverseness, bad, bad luck, crab, down, dud, fail, failing, failure, fiasco, hard luck, hoodoo, ill fortune, ill success, ill-luck, mischance, misfortune, mishap, no go, rebuff, rot, setback, washout), менять направление (veer), задний ход (reverse gear), задний или обратный ход, перемена (alteration, change, chop, mutation, permutation, relief, shift, turn). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zla sreća (mischance, misfortune), vožnja unazad, ukinuti (abolish, abrogate, call off, cancel, discontinue, nullify, quash, rescind, revoke, set aside, undo), suprotnost (antithesis, contrary, contrast, converse, obverse, opposite, opposition, set off), suprotan (adversative, adverse, contrary, converse, counter, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, unalike, unfavorable, unfavourable), promeniti (adjourn, change, revise, shift, transform, transmogrify, turn around), preokrenuti (transpose, turn over, upheave), poraz (debacle, defeat, drubbing, rout, trimming), obrnut (converse, inverse, inverted, opposite, versed), negativan (minus, negative, resinous), naličje (back, inside), menjati pravac (haul, veer). (various references)

Spanish

reverso (back, reverse side, verso), marcha atrás (in reverse), revés (back, backhand, backhand stroke, backset, backstroke, check, come down, rear, reverse side, setback, upset), inverso (converse, inverse). (various references)

Swedish

frånsida (back, verso), backa (back, backing, go astern). (various references)

Turkish

iptal etmek (abolish, abort, abrogate, annihilate, annul, avoid, blank out, call off, cancel, countermand, declare off, disaffirm, disallow, invalidate, irritate, negate, nullify, overrule, quash, remit, repeal, rescind, revoke, scrub, set aside, setaside, stultify, suspend, vacate, void, wash out, write off), aksi (adverse, awkward, bad tempered, bilious, bloody minded, cantankerous, contra, contra-, contrary, counter, crabbed, crabby, cross, cross-grained, crosspatch, crotchety, doggish, dour, evil, fractious, fretful, Froward, gruff, ill natured, ill tempered, ill-humored, ill-humoured, inverse, negatory, opposite, peevish, perverse, petulant, recalcitrant, refractory, shirty, snappish, snuffy, spleenful, spleenish, stroppy, stubborn, sullen, surly, tart, testy, unfavorable, unfavourable, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, wrongheaded), aksilik (awkwardness, bile, contrariety, contrariness, contretemps, crossness, dourness, fractiousness, gruffness, hardness, hitch, ill luck, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, moodiness, moods, perversity, petulance, recalcitrance, rotten luck, setback, slip, slip up, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, testiness, trouble, vexatiousness), arka (back, backer, backing, breech, contuniation, dors-, dorso-, friend at court, hind, posterior, rear, rearward, reverse side, small, stern, support, supporter, tail), arka taraf (back side, backside, rear, stern), başarısızlık (abortion, balk, bankruptcy, baulk, bomb, bust, collapse, cropper, defeat, dud, failure, fizzle, flivver, frost, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, miscarriage, setback, throwback, unsuccess, washout), bozmak (abash, abolish, adulterate, affect, alloy, annihilate, annul, baffle, ball up, barbarize, bedevil, blemish, botch, break, break down, break off, break on, bugger, bugger up, bust, cash, change, circumvent, confound, confuse, contaminate, corrupt, cross, damage, debase, debauch, decay, declare off, deface, defile, destroy, deteriorate, disappoint, disarray, discolor, discolour, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, discountenance, dislocate, dismount, disorder, disrupt, dissolve, distort, disturb, downgrade, emasculate, embarrass, embroil, exchange, explode, fluff, foil, foul, foul up, fumble, garble, goof, goof up, gum up, Harry, impair, indispose, infect, infringe, lead astray, leaven, mangle, Mar, mess, murder, muss, mutilate, obliterate, pervert, pollute, put out, put out of action, put to shame, quash, queer, rattle, rot, ruffle, ruin, scotch, scupper, shatter, sour, spoil, stymie, taint, thwart, tousle, tumble, undo, unmake, upset, violate, vitiate, whittle away, whittle down, whittle off, wreck), döndürmek (deflect, return, revolve, roll, rotate, round off, slew, slew round, slue, slue round, spin, swerve, swing, turn, turn aside, turn inside out, turn over, turn round, twiddle, twirl, veer, veer round, wheel, whip, whirl, wind, wind up), geri (aback, back, backward, backwards, behind, hind, posterior, re-, rear, rearward, rest, retro-, reversing, slow), geri çevirmek (decline, fall down, rebuff, refuse, reject, repel, repulse, spurn, turn away, turn back), geri tepme (back fire, backfire, jump, kick, reaction, rebound, recoil, repercussion, repulse, repulsion, return), öbür yüzü, geriye doğru döndürmek, zıt (adverse, anti-, antipole, antithetic, antithetical, athwart, conflicting, converse, counter, diametrical, jarring, negative, opponent, opposed, opposite, polar), karşıt (adverse, anti-, antipathetic, antipathetical, antithetic, antithetical, athwart, contra, contra-, contradictory, contrary, converse, cross, inimical, jarring, objector, opponent, opposed, opposite, reciprocal, reciprocating), ters (acrimonious, adverse, agley, Amiss, awkward, awry, backward, backwards, bad tempered, bloody minded, churlish, contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, crabbed, cranky, curt, cussed, dour, face down, fractious, fretful, Froward, frowning, grumpy, ill natured, illegitimate, indecorous, inimical, inverse, inversely, inverted, mis-, negative, off, opposing, opposite, perverse, retro-, snuffy, sub-, unfavorable, unfavourable, upside down, versed, wayward, wrong, wrongly), ters taraf (back, rear, reverse side), ters yönde dönmek (retrograde, retrogress), ters yüz etmek, tersi, tersine çevirmek, tersini çevirmek (invert, overturn, turn out), terslik (acerbity, acrimony, awkwardness, biliousness, contrariety, contrariness, crossness, cussedness, hitch, ill luck, misadventure, misfortune, moods, perversity, reversion, shortness, sullenness, tartness), tersyüz etmek (bushel, turn inside out, turn out), yenilgi (bankruptcy, beating, checkmate, defeat, discomfiture, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trimming), geri vites. (various references)

Ukrainian

розташований ззаду, реверс, міняти на протилежний, зворотний бік (back page, backing, verso), зворотний (back, backward, contrary, converse, counter, homeward, inverse, inverted, opposite, rearward, reflexive, regressive, relapsing, retrogressive, reversionary), протилежність (contradistinction, inverse, opposite, oppositeness, opposition, reciprocal), протилежний (adverse, alien from, contrary, converse, counter, opponent, opposite, otherways, otherwise), поразка (balk, beating, defeat, discomfiture, drubbing, knockout, licking, whipping, whopping), перевертати (cant, invert, overcast, overset, overturn, tip, turn over, upturn), дати задній хід. (various references)

Vietnamese 

vận rủi (adversity, ambs-ace, ames-ace, bad, unhappiness), trái lại (counter), tờ giấy, nghịch, ngược lại (contrarily, contrariwise, vice versa), đảo. (various references)

conversa, conversae, conversi, conversique, conversum, conversus, conversusque, convertam, convertantur, convertar, convertat, convertatur, converte, convertebantur, convertebat, convertemini, convertemur, convertemus, convertendas, convertendo, convertendos, convertendum, convertens, convertent, convertentem, convertentes, convertenti, convertentibus, convertentur, converterat, convertere, converteremur, converterentur, converteret, converteretur, converterint, converteris, converterit, convertero, converteruntque, convertes, convertet, convertetur, converti, convertimini, convertimur, convertis, convertissem, convertisti, convertistis, convertit, convertitis, convertitque, converto, convertuntur, terga, tergebat, tergo, tergum. (various references)

revers. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "reverse": reversed, reversely, reverser, reversers, reverses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Reverse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Grenersen, preverse, prevorsek, reavers, rederes, reemerse, reevesii, reherse, reveers, reveree, reverey, reversi, reverst, reverte, Riverso, Rivieres, Roveres. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: reserve, reveres, severer.

-1 letter: reeves, revere, revers, server, severe, verser.

-2 letters: reeve, resee, serer, serve, sever, veers, verse.

-3 letters: errs, ever, eves, rees, revs, seer, sere, veer, vees.

-4 letters: ere, err, ers, eve, ree, res, rev, see, ser, vee.

-5 letters: er, es, re.

+1 letter: deserver, overseer, perverse, preserve, reserved, reserver, reserves, revelers, reverers, reveries, reversed, reverser, reverses.

+2 letters: bereavers, deservers, overseers, oversteer, persevere, preserved, preserver, preserves, receivers, relievers, reobserve, reprieves, rereviews, reservers, reservice, retrieves, revealers, revellers, revelries, revengers, revenuers, reverends, reversely, reversers, reverters, reviewers, unreserve, veneerers, verderers.

+3 letters: deliverers, evergreens, overeaters, overexerts, oversteers, perceivers, persevered, perseveres, perversely, perversive, perverters, preservers, preservice, preventers, previewers, recoverers, recoveries, redelivers, reengraves, regressive, reobserved, reobserves, repressive, reservable, reservedly, reserviced, reservices, resilvered, resurveyed, retrievers, reverences, reverifies, reversible, timeserver, unreserved, unreserves.