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

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Backward 84% connected

Alt. of Backwards

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Backward 84% connected

Alt. of Backwards

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Broader term 16

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Cancel 76% connected

To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Decree 76% connected

An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be d…

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Gear 76% connected

Clothing; garments; ornaments.

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Happening 76% connected

of Happen

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Occurrence 76% connected

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurrent 76% connected

Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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Oppositeness 76% connected

The quality or state of being opposite.

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Opposition 76% connected

The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.

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Reorder 76% connected

To order a second time.

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Rule 76% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Running 76% connected

of Run

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Manner of action 25

Alternate 76% connected

Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

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Commute 76% connected

To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an a…

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Correct 76% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Deconsecrate 76% connected

To deprive of sacredness; to secularize.

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Desecrate 76% connected

To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the…

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Exchange 76% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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Falsify 76% connected

To make false; to represent falsely.

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Flip 76% connected

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

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Interchange 76% connected

To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly…

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Metamorphose 76% connected

To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.

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Permute 76% connected

To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.

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Rectify 76% connected

To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Regress 76% connected

The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".

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Renege 76% connected

To deny; to disown.

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Retrovert 76% connected

To turn back.

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Revert 76% connected

To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.

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Right 76% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Switch 76% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Tack 76% connected

A stain; a tache.

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Transfigure 76% connected

To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform.

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Transmogrify 76% connected

To change into a different shape; to transform.

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Transpose 76% connected

To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or proposi…

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Undo 76% connected

To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.

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Unhallow 76% connected

To profane; to desecrate.

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Narrower term 1

Tail 76% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Derivationally related 12

Annulment 74% connected

The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.

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Annulment 74% connected

The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.

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Invert 74% connected

To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of…

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Invert 74% connected

To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of…

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Opposite 74% connected

Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.

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Opposite 74% connected

Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.

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Reversal 74% connected

Intended to reverse; implying reversal.

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Reversal 74% connected

Intended to reverse; implying reversal.

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Turn 74% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Turn 74% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Containing whole 4

Auto 70% connected

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Car 70% connected

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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Coin 70% connected

A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.

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Machine 70% connected

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

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Synonym 22

Annul 92% connected

To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.

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Blow 92% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Contrary 92% connected

Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Countermand 92% connected

To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inverse 92% connected

Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Invert 92% connected

To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lift 92% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Opposite 92% connected

Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Override 92% connected

To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Overrule 92% connected

To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Overthrow 92% connected

To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Overturn 92% connected

To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rearward 92% connected

The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Repeal 92% connected

To recall; to summon again, as persons.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rescind 92% connected

To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reversal 92% connected

Intended to reverse; implying reversal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reversion 92% connected

The act of returning, or coming back; return.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Revoke 92% connected

To call or bring back; to recall.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Setback 92% connected

Offset, n., 4.

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Turn 92% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vacate 92% connected

To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Verso 92% connected

The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet of paper; -- opposed to recto.

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Antonym 4

Forward 94% connected

An agreement; a covenant; a promise.

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Forward 94% connected

An agreement; a covenant; a promise.

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Obverse 94% connected

Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.

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Obverse 94% connected

Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.

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