OBVERSES Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

obverses

noun

plural of obverse

as in opposites

something that is as different as possible from something else the new administration had promised peace and prosperity, but what we got was the obverse: war and recession

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opposites

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Specifically, the tension between apparent opposites that currently seems like the modern condition.

— Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Speed and quality aren’t opposites; the conflict persists because no one built the process for deciding tradeoffs.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026

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