vice versa

adverb

Definition of vice versanext
as in otherwise

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Recent Examples of vice versa The guess here is that the team doesn’t want to create any needless friction if Pastrnak is chosen over McAvoy or vice versa. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 Someone interviewed as a witness could later become a suspect, or vice versa. — Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026 When your career is going really well, your personal life suffers and vice versa. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026 Musicians often rave about SummerFest’s audiences, and vice versa. — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vice versa
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vice versa
  1. otherwise
  2. conversely
  3. inversely
  4. oppositely
  5. differently
Adverb
  • Alabama has since abolished judicial override, the practice that allowed judges to order the state to kill a person even though a jury of one’s peers requested otherwise.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Some prediction market companies have received unflattering media headlines based on false premises—Kalshi doesn’t take bets directly involving war or wildfires despite substantial news coverage suggesting otherwise.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of otherwise
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  • But conversely, Ukrainians should not die in warfare because their leaders are undermined in the pursuit of unattainable values alone.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The new owners wanted to preserve the intimate atmosphere of the bedrooms and, conversely, incorporate the kitchen into the home’s living and dining area.
    — Belén Afonso, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of conversely
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  • Metals prices largely declined throughout the Iran war, as metals generally traded inversely with oil prices, which spiked.
    — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The move follows a recent sharp rise in bond yields, which move inversely to price.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of inversely
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  • The Democratic National Committee (DNC), as an intervening party to the case, had oppositely argued that unlimited coordinated spending would effectively erode limits on contributions.
    — Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • The fluctuations were concentrated near a boundary where oppositely directed magnetic fields meet — a region where scientists suspect magnetic stress builds up before flares.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 June 2026
Definition of oppositely
Adverb
  • The industry that changed The warning lands differently because the Treasury market Bessent is managing is not the one that financed America’s deficits when Druckenmiller and Soros were building their reputations.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • In short, what scientists discovered in the 1960s was that different bodies process milk differently.
    — Hilary Smith, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of differently

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“Vice versa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vice%20versa. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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