the converse

noun

formal
: something that is the opposite of something else
They need our help, but the converse is also true: we need their help as well.

Examples of the converse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
This study also found that conservatives are more likely to just consume news from conservative media than the converse for moderates and liberals. Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 Ample sleep restores clarity and performance by actively refining cortical plasticity, but the converse is also true. Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025 Meanwhile, countries with diminishing reserves faced the converse: tight credit and falling prices. Liaquat Ahamed, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2011 Meanwhile, over the last quarter century, firms had already begun implementing the converse of Taylor’s dictum. Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025 Take the converse color palettes seen in the splendid animation. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025 Indeed, Hollywood is far more interested in outside-in perspectives on trans life than the converse. Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025 El Niño ended in May 2024, and some scientists suspected La Niña, the converse climate pattern in which colder water builds up in the same part of the Pacific, would soon begin. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024 As a result, in the last quarter century, leading firms began implementing the converse of Taylor’s dictum. Steve Denning, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“The converse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20converse. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!