inverse

Meaning of inverse

adjective
  1. opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or effect.
    numerous studies have shown an inverse relationship between exercise and the risk of heart disease
noun
  1. something that is the opposite or reverse of something else.
    power is the inverse of dependence
  2. a reciprocal quantity, mathematical expression, geometric figure, etc. which is the result of inversion.
    the age of such a universe is simply the inverse of the Hubble constant

late Middle English: from Latin inversus, past participle of invertere (see invert1).

Information about inverse

Hyphenation of inverse

in-verse

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • inverse is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

inverse synonyms

Meaning reverse:

reverse

Meaning opposite:

opposite

Meaning turned the other way round or up or inside out:

reversed

Meaning put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement:

inverted

Meaning engage in conversation:

converse

Meaning opposite in nature, direction, or meaning:

contrary

Meaning a long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria:

counter

Meaning directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible:

antithetical

Meaning cause (two or more things) to exchange places:

transposed

Meaning (of the uterus) tilted abnormally backwards:

retroverted

Meaning the side of a coin or medal bearing the head or principal design:

obverse

Meaning a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else:

antithesis

Translation of inverse

Anagrams of inverse

enviers, inserve, Severin, Vereins, veiners, veneris, venires, versine

Words that rhyme with inverse

Erse, erse, accerse, Herse, herse, alerse, Merse, demerse, emerse, immerse, merse, reimmerse, submerse, Barosperse, Perse, asperse, consperse, disperse, heterodisperse, insperse, intersperse, misasperse, monodisperse, multidisperse, paucidisperse, perse, polydisperse, predisperse, redisperse, sperse, Materse, absterse, noterse, terse, unterse, Converse, adverse, anniverse, averse, beverse, bouleverse, controverse, converse, costotransverse, countertraverse, diverse, everse, frontotransverse, ileotransverse, imperverse

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