invert
Reverse the order
To invert is to turn something upside down or reverse its position, order, or relationship: She inverted the cake onto a plate.
In music, to invert a chord is to rearrange its notes so a different one is on the bottom.
An invert is something inverted—in plumbing, the lowest point of a pipe's interior.
The word once served as clinical terminology for a homosexual, now archaic and offensive.
Full-body forward rotation
- cartwheelLateral body rotation
- handstandInverted balance on palms
- headstandInverted balancing posture
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
vault · backflip · aerial · tuck · pike · gymnastics · acrobatics · rollover
Reverse a prior action
- backtrackReverse one's position
- rewindReturn to beginning
- regressRevert to earlier state
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
repeal · rescind · revoke · cancel · annul · nullify · retract · withdraw
Ordered numerical arrangement
- transformationThorough change in form
- functionPurpose or duty
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- linearArranged in straight succession
affine · mapping · reciprocal · transpose · determinant · eigenvalue · isomorphism · operation
Direct opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- contraryOpposed in nature
- negationDenial or cancellation
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- antonymWord with contrary meaning
polarity · dichotomy · converse · reciprocal · counterpart · antipode · obverse
somersault
Full-body forward rotation
tumble · vault · backflip · aerial · tuck · pike · gymnastics · acrobatics · rollover · upend
undo
Reverse a prior action
retreat · repeal · rescind · revoke · cancel · annul · nullify · retract · withdraw · countermand
matrix
Ordered numerical arrangement
- transformationThorough change in form
- functionPurpose or duty
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
linear · affine · mapping · reciprocal · transpose · determinant · eigenvalue · isomorphism · operation · multiplicative
antithesis
Direct opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- contraryOpposed in nature
- negationDenial or cancellation
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
antonym · polarity · dichotomy · converse · reciprocal · counterpart · antipode · obverse
negative
Opposite of affirmative
- photographicOf or involving cameras
- filmMovie or coating
- tonalRelating to pitch
contrast · grayscale · reversal · darkroom · digital · processing · hue · palette · filter · exposure
counterpoint
Simultaneous independent melodies
- change verbschange, alter, transform, modify, morph
- fractionshalf, halves, third, thirds, fourth
- math verbsadd, adds, subtract, subtracts, multiply
- photo effectsblur, sharpen, brightness, contrast, saturation
- reversalsreverse, undo, overturn, flip, backtrack
- turn overflip, flipped, rotate, rotated, upend
- inverse functionFunction undoing another function
- inverted triangleTriangle with apex below
- inverted crossCrucifix rotated 180 degrees
- inverted commasPunctuation enclosing quotations
- invert colorsReverse all hue values
- additive inverseNumber's zero-sum partner
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