Reverse Dictionary: REVERSAL

ADVERBS
1539 — ARSEY-VERSY upside down; topsy-turvy; head over heels; backwards-front; reversed; confused
1567 — OPPOSITELY in opposition or contrast; in reverse order → obs.
1577 — ARSIE-VERSIE upside down; backwards-front; reversed; confused
1678 — ARSY-VERSY upside down; head over heels; reversed
1871 — END FOR END in inverted or reversed position; inside out → Amer. dial.
1920 — BACKSIDE-BEFORE backwards; in reversed position; inside out → Amer. dial.
1920 — BACKSIDE-FORE backwards; in reversed position; inside out → Amer. dial.
1920 — BACKSIDE-FOREMOST backwards; in reversed position; inside out → Amer. dial.
1920 — BACKSIDE-FORWARD — BACKSIDE-FORWARDS backwards; in reversed position; inside out → Amer. dial.
1920 — BACKSIDE-FRONT backwards; in reversed position; inside out → Amer. dial.
1920 — BACKSIDE-TO backwards; in reversed position; inside out → Amer. dial.
1926 — BACK-END-TO backwards; in reversed position; inside out → Amer. dial.
1930 — BASS-ACKWARD — BASS-ACKWARDS backwards; in reversed position or confused order; head over heels → Amer. dial. colloq.
1931 — BASS-ACKARD — BASS-ACKARDS backwards; in reversed position or confused order → Amer. colloq.
1934 — ARSI-VERSI upside down; backwards-front; reversed; confused → Amer.
1937 — ASS-BACKWARD — ASS-BACKWARDS backwards; in reversed position or confused order → Amer. sl.
1957 — END FOR ABOUT in inverted or reversed position; inside out → Amer. dial.
1965 — BACK-END-BEFORE backwards; in reversed position; inside out → Amer. dial.
1965 — BACK-END-FOREMOST backwards; in reversed position; inside out → Amer. dial.
1965 — BACK-END-FRONT backwards; in reversed position; inside out → Amer. dial.
1967 — ASSY-FUSSY backside foremost; in reversed position, inside out → Amer. dial.
1969 — ASS-SIDE-BEFORE backwards, inside out, in reversed position → Amer. dial.
1975 — BARSE-ACKWARDS backwards; in reversed position or confused order → Amer. dial.
2007 — BACK-ASSED backwards, reversed → US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS
1721 — BACK-SET a setting back; a reverse, check, relapse
1818 — BACKCAST a throw back; a reverse; a misfortune → N. Eng. dial
1830 — BACK-CA’ a reverse, a relapse → Sc.
1882 — BACK-JAR a reverse → Sc.
1887 — FLIP-FLAP an abrupt reversal of opinion or policy → Amer. dial.
1905 — ODDS the exact opposite of anything; the reverse → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1950 — ONE-EIGHTY a complete reversal of plans, thoughts, actions → US sl., orig. military usage
2006 — FLIP-FLOP a reversal → US sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1500 — SET THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE to reverse the usual order, whether of things or of ideas → colloq.
1520 — PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE to reverse the usual order, whether of things or of ideas → colloq.
1532 — TURN THE CAT IN THE PAN to reverse the order of things so dexterously as to make them appear the very opposite of what they really are; to turn a thing right about → obs.
1632 — RAMVERSE to reverse, to withdraw; to remove, to take away → obs.
1632 — RAMVERT to reverse, to withdraw → obs.
1902 — TAKE BACKWATER to change course; to reverse one’s position; to retreat → Amer. dial.