OBVERSE Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

obverse 1 of 2

noun

ˈäb-ˌvərs

as in opposite

something that is as different as possible from something else the new administration had promised peace and prosperity, but what we got was the obverse: war and recession

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obverse

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adjective

as in reverse

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Recent Examples of obverse

Noun

Then, in an obverse of the way such situations usually go, in 1999 Thorn and Watt ankled the group but remained together as a couple, raising a family and occasionally releasing solo albums over the next 24 years. —Jem Aswad, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023 Minnesota’s — is the obverse of current trends. —Dennis J. McGrath, Star Tribune, 12 Oct. 2020

Adjective

The obverse side of the communications coin is that without TLS encryption, that information is there for anyone to sniff out. —Davey Winder, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 The obverse side will still feature the portrait of former President George Washington by Laura Gardin Fraser. —Jordan D. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for obverse

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Noun

The opposite of inclusion is exclusion; of equity is inequity; and of diversity is homogeneity.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2025
In this most recent survey, three-quarters of Democrats said the state of the union is not very strong, while three-quarters of Republicans said the opposite.

— Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025