vice versa

1. 1.

   with the order reversed

   “she hates him and vice versa”

   Synonymsthe other way aroundcontrariwise

Questions about vice versa

What does vice versa mean?

vice versa means "with the order reversed".

What is another word for vice versa?

Close synonyms include the other way around, contrariwise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vice versa a common word?

vice versa is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.