reverses
Turns completely around
Reverses are setbacks or defeats—turns of fortune that move you backward rather than forward: The company suffered several reverses before finally succeeding.
The word often appears in military or business contexts where progress has been undone.
Reverses can also simply be instances of reversing direction or position.
Act of taking away
- fallbackAlternative if primary fails
- pullbackWithdrawal or reduction
- recoilBackward force from discharge
- backtrackReverse one's position
regression · retreat · ebb · recede · disengage · fall-back · strategic · tactical
Declare legally void
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
- nullifyMake of no effect
- repealAnnul a statute
invalidate · countermand · retract · overturn · vacate · cancel · undo · negate
Quick turning motion
- transposeReverse order of elements
- upendFlip to reverse orientation
- overturnReverse or invalidate
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
invert · switch · reciprocal · opposite · contrary · antipode · interchange · conversion
Shift in opposite direction
- comebackRecovery after decline
- setbackReverse in progress
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- changeTo make different
upset · swing · downturn · upturn · rally · recovery · collapse · fate
Adhesive strip on roll
- cassetteMagnetic audio cartridge
- VCRTape-based video recorder
- playbackReproducing recorded media
- VHSAnalog tape format
replay · video · recorder · reel-to-reel · camcorder · Betamax · projector · audiocassette
Sending of information
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- shiftMovement or work period
- neutralNot favoring any side
- drivetrainVehicle power transmission system
gearbox · differential · downshift · synchromesh · manual · automatic · backup · rearward
withdrawal
Act of taking away
- fallbackAlternative if primary fails
- pullbackWithdrawal or reduction
- recoilBackward force from discharge
backtrack · regression · retreat · ebb · recede · disengage · fall-back · strategic · tactical · rearguard
annul
Declare legally void
repeal · invalidate · countermand · retract · overturn · vacate · cancel · undo · negate · abrogate
flip
Quick turning motion
mirror · invert · switch · reciprocal · opposite · contrary · antipode · interchange · conversion · transposition
turnaround
Shift in opposite direction
change · upset · swing · downturn · upturn · rally · recovery · collapse · fate · luck
tape
Adhesive strip on roll
VHS · replay · video · recorder · reel-to-reel · camcorder · Betamax · projector · audiocassette · backward
transmission
Sending of information
drivetrain · gearbox · differential · downshift · synchromesh · manual · automatic · backup · rearward · parking
reversesadvances
Forward movements or progress
moves forward · proceeds · progresses · fronts · forges ahead
- in reverseOpposite order direction
- role reversalsExchanged functions between parties
- reverse gearTransmission position for retreating
- reverse psychologyUrging opposite of desired outcome
- reverse engineeredDeduced from finished product
- reverse engineerAnalyze by disassembly
reverse, reversal, reversed, reversing, irreversible, reversible, reversals, reversion, irreversibly