vice versa

adverb

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

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Hugh Jackman and Neil Patrick Harris have Instagram presences, but Chu doesn’t follow either of them, and vice versa. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025 The second rule is that yesterday's allies are tomorrow's enemies, and vice versa. Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Oct. 2025 Fermi hypothesized that some new force could change a proton into a neutron, or vice versa, and, in the process, release an electron and a nearly massless particle called a neutrino. Paul Sutter, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025 Engineering doesn't control design and vice versa. Morgan Korn, ABC News, 12 Oct. 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

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“Vice versa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vice%20versa. Accessed 21 Oct. 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

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