reverse

³reverse

noun

Definition of REVERSE

1

: something directly contrary to something else : opposite

2

: an act or instance of reversing; especially : defeat, setback <suffered financial reverses>

3

: the back part of something; especially : the side of a coin or currency note that is opposite the obverse

4

a (1) : a gear that reverses something; also : the whole mechanism brought into play when such a gear is used (2) : movement in reverse b : an offensive play in football in which a back moving in one direction gives the ball to a player moving in the opposite direction

— in reverse

: in an opposite manner or direction

Examples of REVERSE

1. The building appears on the reverse of the coin.
2. Please sign your name on the reverse.
3. I put the car in reverse and backed out of the garage.

First Known Use of REVERSE

14th century

Related to REVERSE

Synonyms: knock, lapse, reversal, setback

Antonyms: face, forehead, forepart, front

Related Words: disappointment, frustration, letdown; comedown, decline, descent, down, downfall, fall; turnabout, turnaround; recession, regression, retrogression, reversion; relapse; breakdown, collapse, crash, meltdown, ruin, undoing

Near Antonyms: status quo

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Other Monetary Terms

clad, legend, numismatic, obverse, scrip, series, specie