Antonym vs. Reverse

(semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.

Example: ‘“rich” is an antonym of “poor”; “full” is an antonym of “empty”’;

A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.

A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; - used as a correlative of synonym.

two words that express opposing concepts;

Example: ‘to him the opposite of gay was depressed’;

Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.

Example: ‘We ate the meal in reverse order, starting with dessert and ending with the starter.’; ‘The mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene.’;

Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.

Example: ‘He selected reverse gear.’;

To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.

Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.

(botany) Reversed.

Example: ‘a reverse shell’;

(genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.

In a reverse way or direction; upside-down.

The opposite of something.

Example: ‘We believed the Chinese weren't ready for us. In fact, the reverse was true.’;

The act of going backwards; a reversal.

A piece of misfortune; a setback.

The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.

The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.

The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.

A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.

(surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

(intransitive) To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.

(intransitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.

(intransitive) To transpose the positions of two things.

(transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.

To return, come back.

To turn away; to cause to depart.

To cause to return; to recall.

(legal) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.

Example: ‘to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree’;

(ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.

(chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.

To place a set of points in the reverse position

to move from the normal position to the reverse position

To overthrow; to subvert.

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.

Example: ‘He found the sea diverseWith many a windy storm reverse.’;

Reversed; as, a reverse shell.

That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction.

Example: ‘He did so with the reverse of the lance.’;

That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.

Example: ‘And then mistook reverse of wrong for right.’; ‘To make everything the reverse of what they have seen, is quite as easy as to destroy.’;

The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.

Example: ‘The strange reverse of fate you see;I pitied you, now you may pity me.’; ‘By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich.’;

The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse.

A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.

A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.

Example: ‘And that old dame said many an idle verse,Out of her daughter's heart fond fancies to reverse.’;

To cause to return; to recall.

Example: ‘And to his fresh remembrance did reverseThe ugly view of his deformed crimes.’;

To change totally; to alter to the opposite.

Example: ‘Reverse the doom of death.’; ‘She reversed the conduct of the celebrated vicar of Bray.’;

To turn upside down; to invert.

Example: ‘A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill.’;

Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.

Example: ‘These can divide, and these reverse, the state.’; ‘Custom . . . reverses even the distinctions of good and evil.’;

To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree.

To return; to revert.

To become or be reversed.

a relation of direct opposition;

Example: ‘we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true’;

the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed

an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design

(American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction

turning in the opposite direction

change to the contrary;

Example: ‘The trend was reversed’; ‘the tides turned against him’; ‘public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern’;

turn inside out or upside down

rule against;

Example: ‘The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill’;

annul by recalling or rescinding;

Example: ‘He revoked the ban on smoking’; ‘lift an embargo’; ‘vacate a death sentence’;

directed or moving toward the rear;

Example: ‘a rearward glance’; ‘a rearward movement’;

reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle;

Example: ‘in reverse gear’;