✨📕 The NEWThe NEW Collegiate Dictionary, 12th Edition Over 5,000 words added — Buy Now! Collegiate DictionaryBuy Now!

vice versa

adverb

: with the order changed : with the relations reversed : conversely

Examples of vice versa 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.
People in Orkney surely knew about Stonehenge, and vice versa. Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Gene would use the erudition as a weapon on Ebert and vice versa. Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Nov. 2025 In technical analysis, the Polarity Principle dictates that old highs, once overcome, become support – and vice versa, that old support, once defeated, becomes resistance. Zev Fima, CNBC, 15 Nov. 2025 The Flying Wye connects drivers exiting downtown Boise on the Connector to I-84, and vice versa. Rose Evans november 14, Idaho Statesman, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vice versa

Word History

Etymology

Latin

First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vice versa was in 1601

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Vice versa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vice%20versa. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

Kids Definition

vice versa

adverb
vi·​ce ver·​sa
ˌvī-si-ˈvər-sə
(ˈ)vīs-ˈvər-
: with the order turned around
exchange money for tokens, rather than vice versa
Etymology

from Latin vice versa "with the order turned around," from vice "in place of, instead" and versa, form of versus "turned," from vertere "to turn" — related to converse, reverse, versatile

More from Merriam-Webster on vice versa

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!