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reverse has 28 distinct synonyms spread across 12 of its 14 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its 2 recorded opposites are obverse, forward.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a relation of direct opposition
“we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true”
(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
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for reverse come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.