obverse

The word “obverse” has 2 syllables: ob-verse

It's pronounced as /ˈɒbvɜrs/


What is synonym and antonym for obverse?

In the thesaurus, “obverse” has 36 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for obverse along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for obverse

  • adverse
  • alien
  • antagonistic
  • antipathetic
  • antipodal
  • antipode
  • antipodean
  • antithesis
  • antithetical
  • antonym
  • complement
  • contradictory
  • contrary
  • converse
  • counter
  • counterpart
  • counterpoint
  • cross
  • diametric
  • diametrical
  • disparate
  • dissimilar
  • divergent
  • face
  • front
  • hostile
  • inverse
  • mirror image
  • negation
  • negative
  • opposite
  • polar
  • reverse
  • unalike
  • unfavorable
  • unlike

Antonyms for obverse

  • alike
  • analog
  • analogous
  • analogue
  • back
  • carbon copy
  • copy
  • counterpart
  • duplicate
  • equivalent
  • identical
  • like
  • noncontradictory
  • rear
  • replica
  • same
  • similar
  • synonym
  • synonymous

Meanings of obverse

  • noun
    1. The heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design.
    2. A proposition obtained by obversion, e.g. All men are mortal => No man is immortal.
  • adjective
    1. Turned or facing toward the observer.
    2. Corresponding; complementary.
    3. Having the base, or end next to the attachment, narrower than the top.

Example Sentences

  • The obverse side of the coin features the country's national emblem.
  • On the obverse of the medal is an engraving of the recipient's name.
  • The book's cover design features an intricate pattern on the obverse side.
  • The obverse of the document bears the official seal of the organization.
  • The obverse of the painting depicts a serene landscape, while the reverse portrays chaos and turmoil.

On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to obverse, such as: adverse, alien, alike, analog, analogous, analogue, antagonistic.

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Related Words

negative

  • abjure
  • abrogating
  • acrimonious
  • adversarial
  • adversary
  • adverse
  • against
  • albatross
  • annul
  • annulling
  • antagonistic
  • anti
  • antipathetic
  • antipode
  • antisocial
  • antithesis
  • antonym
  • argumentative
  • avoid
  • back down
  • back off
  • backtrack
  • bad
  • baleful
  • balky
  • ban
  • baneful
  • bar
  • bellicose
  • belligerent
  • biased
  • bitter
  • blackball
  • blacklist
  • blow off
  • bypass
  • calumnious
  • catch
  • challenge
  • check
  • clashing
  • clog
  • cold
  • colorless
  • combative
  • competing
  • con
  • conflicting
  • confute
  • constrain
  • contentious
  • contradict
  • contrary
  • contravening
  • controvert
  • converse
  • cool
  • correct
  • counter
  • counteract
  • counteracting
  • counteractive
  • counterbalance
  • countering
  • counterpoint
  • counterpoise
  • crimp
  • curb
  • cynical
  • damaging
  • dangerous
  • debit
  • decline
  • defamatory
  • deleterious
  • denial
  • deny
  • denying
  • deselect
  • despiteful
  • destructive
  • detour
  • detractive
  • detrimental
  • disability
  • disadvantage
  • disadvantageous
  • disaffirm
  • disagreeable
  • disallow
  • disallowing
  • disapprove
  • disapproving
  • disavow
  • disavowal
  • disavowing
  • disbenefit
  • disclaim
  • disconfirm
  • discourteous
  • disdain
  • dismiss
  • disown
  • disprove
  • disputatious
  • dispute
  • dissentient
  • dissenting
  • distant
  • down
  • downside
  • drawback
  • embarrassment
  • enjoin
  • evil
  • failing
  • fatal
  • forbear
  • forbid
  • foreswear
  • forswear
  • frigid
  • gainsay
  • gainsaying
  • gloomy
  • handicap
  • harmful
  • hateful
  • hazardous
  • hinder
  • hindrance
  • hitch
  • hold
  • hostile
  • hurdle
  • hurtful
  • icy
  • ignore
  • ill
  • ill-bred
  • ill-mannered
  • impairment
  • impede
  • impediment
  • imperiling
  • imperilling
  • impertinent
  • impolite
  • impugning
  • incommodity
  • inconsiderate
  • inhospitable
  • inimical
  • injurious
  • interference
  • intolerant
  • invalidate
  • invalidating
  • inverse
  • jaundiced
  • jeopardizing
  • keep
  • kill
  • let
  • lethal
  • liability
  • malevolent
  • malicious
  • malign
  • malignant
  • manacle
  • militant
  • millstone
  • minus
  • mirror image
  • mortal
  • murderous
  • nay
  • naysaying
  • negate
  • negation
  • neuter
  • neutralize
  • neutralizing
  • nix
  • no
  • non placet
  • noxious
  • nugatory
  • nullify
  • nullifying
  • obstacle
  • obstruct
  • obstruction
  • obverse
  • offensive
  • offset
  • opposed
  • opposing
  • opposite
  • opprobrious
  • outbalance
  • outweigh
  • override
  • overrule
  • parlous
  • pass
  • pass up
  • perilous
  • pernicious
  • pessimistic
  • poisonous
  • prejudiced
  • prejudicial
  • privative
  • prohibit
  • proscribe
  • pugnacious
  • quarrelsome
  • rancorous
  • rebuff
  • rebut
  • recall
  • recant
  • recusant
  • redeem
  • redress
  • refusal
  • refuse
  • refusing
  • refutation
  • refute
  • reject
  • rejecting
  • relieve
  • remedy
  • removed
  • renege
  • renounce
  • repel
  • repress
  • reprobate
  • repudiate
  • repugnant
  • resistant
  • resisting
  • resistive
  • restrain
  • restrict
  • retract
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • risky
  • rub
  • rude
  • ruinous
  • scathing
  • scorn
  • scout
  • scrappy
  • shackle
  • shoot down
  • shortcoming
  • slanderous
  • spiteful
  • spurn
  • stick
  • stop
  • stranglehold
  • strike
  • surly
  • take back
  • threatening
  • throw out
  • throw over
  • trammel
  • traverse
  • troublesome
  • truculent
  • turn down
  • unaffirmative
  • uncivil
  • uncongenial
  • uncooperative
  • unenthusiastic
  • unfavorable
  • unfriendly
  • unhealthy
  • uninterested
  • unkind
  • unloving
  • unmannerly
  • unpleasant
  • unsafe
  • unsay
  • unsociable
  • unsympathetic
  • untoward
  • unwilling
  • veto
  • vindictive
  • virulent
  • weak
  • withdraw
  • withhold
  • wounding

unalike

  • a far cry from
  • aberrant
  • abnormal
  • adverse
  • all manner of
  • alternate
  • alternative
  • anomalous
  • antagonistic
  • antipodal
  • antipodean
  • antithetic
  • antithetical
  • apples and oranges
  • assorted
  • at odds
  • at variance
  • atypical
  • changeable
  • changed
  • changing
  • clashing
  • conflicting
  • contradictory
  • contradistinct
  • contradistinctive
  • contrapositive
  • contrary
  • contrasted
  • contrasting
  • contrastive
  • corresponding
  • counter
  • crosswise
  • deviating
  • diametric
  • diametrically opposed
  • different
  • differentiable
  • differing
  • disagreeing
  • discordant
  • discrepant
  • discrete
  • discriminable
  • disharmonious
  • disparate
  • disproportionate
  • dissimilar
  • dissonant
  • distant
  • distinct
  • distinctive
  • distinguishable
  • divergent
  • diverging
  • divers
  • diverse
  • diversified
  • diversiform
  • facing
  • factional
  • factious
  • far cry
  • far cry from
  • flip-side
  • fronting
  • heterogeneous
  • hostile
  • incommensurable
  • incommensurate
  • incomparable
  • incompatible
  • incongruous
  • inconsistent
  • inconsonant
  • independent
  • individual
  • inimical
  • inverse
  • irreconcilable
  • irregular
  • legion
  • like night and day
  • manifold
  • many
  • many-sided
  • miscellaneous
  • mismatched
  • mismated
  • mixed
  • mixed bag
  • motley
  • multifarious
  • multiform
  • multitudinal
  • multitudinous
  • nonidentical
  • not alike
  • not uniform
  • numerous
  • obverse
  • odd
  • off-key
  • offbeat
  • omnifarious
  • opposed
  • opposite
  • ornery
  • other
  • otherwise
  • paradoxical
  • particular
  • peculiar
  • polar
  • poles apart
  • populous
  • remaining
  • repugnant
  • retrograde
  • reverse
  • reversed
  • separate
  • several
  • single
  • sundry
  • unconnected
  • unequal
  • unequivalent
  • uneven
  • unlike
  • unmatched
  • unnatural
  • unrelated
  • unsimilar
  • untypical
  • variable
  • variant
  • varied
  • variegated
  • various
  • varying
  • violative
  • weird

backward

  • abaft
  • about
  • across
  • afraid
  • aft
  • after
  • anticlockwise
  • antisocial
  • around
  • arrested
  • astern
  • athwart
  • averse
  • awkward
  • back
  • bashful
  • behind
  • checked
  • counter
  • counterclockwise
  • coy
  • delayed
  • demure
  • diffident
  • disinclined
  • down
  • downward
  • downwards
  • embarrassed
  • hesitant
  • hesitating
  • hind
  • humble
  • in reverse
  • indisposed
  • inhibited
  • introverted
  • inverted
  • late
  • left-handed
  • left-handedly
  • loath
  • lone
  • lone-wolf
  • modest
  • obversely
  • posterior
  • rear
  • rearward
  • rearwards
  • recessive
  • reluctant
  • reserved
  • retiring
  • retrograde
  • reverse
  • reversed
  • reversely
  • round
  • self-conscious
  • self-effacing
  • sheepish
  • shy
  • slow
  • sternforemost
  • tardy
  • timid
  • toward the rear
  • turned around
  • unadventurous
  • unassertive
  • underdeveloped
  • undeveloped
  • uneager
  • uneasy
  • unenterprising
  • unsociable
  • unsocial
  • unwilling
  • uptight
  • wavering
  • widdershins
  • withdrawn
  • withershins

negatives

  • abjures
  • albatross
  • albatrosses
  • annuls
  • antipodes
  • antitheses
  • antonyms
  • avoids
  • backs down
  • backs off
  • backtracks
  • bans
  • bars
  • blackballs
  • blacklists
  • blows off
  • bypasses
  • catches
  • challenges
  • checks
  • clogs
  • confutes
  • cons
  • constrains
  • contradicts
  • contraries
  • controverts
  • converses
  • corrects
  • counteracts
  • counterbalances
  • counterpoints
  • counterpoises
  • counters
  • crimps
  • curbs
  • debits
  • declines
  • denial
  • denials
  • denies
  • deselects
  • detours
  • disabilities
  • disadvantages
  • disaffirms
  • disallows
  • disapproves
  • disavowal
  • disavows
  • disbenefits
  • disclaims
  • disconfirms
  • disdains
  • dismisses
  • disowns
  • disproves
  • disputes
  • downs
  • downsides
  • drawbacks
  • embarrassments
  • enjoins
  • failings
  • forbears
  • forbids
  • foreswears
  • forswears
  • gainsays
  • handicaps
  • hinders
  • hindrances
  • hitches
  • holds
  • hurdles
  • ignores
  • impairments
  • impedes
  • impediments
  • incommodities
  • interferences
  • invalidates
  • inverses
  • keeps
  • kills
  • lets
  • liabilities
  • manacles
  • millstones
  • minuses
  • mirror images
  • nay
  • nays
  • negates
  • negations
  • neuters
  • neutralizes
  • nixes
  • noes
  • non placets
  • nos
  • nullifies
  • obstacles
  • obstructions
  • obstructs
  • obverses
  • offsets
  • opposites
  • outbalances
  • outweighs
  • overrides
  • overrules
  • passes
  • passes up
  • prohibits
  • proscribes
  • rebuffs
  • rebuts
  • recalls
  • recants
  • redeems
  • redresses
  • refusal
  • refusals
  • refuses
  • refutation
  • refutes
  • rejects
  • relieves
  • remedies
  • reneges
  • renounces
  • repels
  • represses
  • reprobates
  • repudiates
  • restrains
  • restricts
  • retracts
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rubs
  • scorns
  • scouts
  • shackles
  • shoots down
  • shortcomings
  • spurns
  • sticks
  • stops
  • strangleholds
  • strikes
  • takes back
  • throws out
  • throws over
  • trammels
  • traverses
  • turns down
  • unsays
  • vetoes
  • withdraws
  • withholds

facets

  • airs
  • angle
  • angles
  • appearance
  • appearances
  • articles
  • aspects
  • cases
  • character
  • characters
  • colors
  • complexions
  • components
  • conditions
  • counts
  • details
  • dimensions
  • elements
  • face
  • faces
  • factors
  • feature
  • front
  • hand
  • hands
  • instances
  • interpretations
  • items
  • level
  • looks
  • matters
  • obverse
  • outlooks
  • part
  • particulars
  • parts
  • periods
  • perspectives
  • phase
  • phases
  • plane
  • points
  • positions
  • postures
  • readings
  • regards
  • renderings
  • respects
  • semblances
  • shapes
  • shoes
  • side
  • sides
  • slant
  • slants
  • stages
  • stances
  • standpoints
  • states
  • steps
  • switch
  • translations
  • twist
  • versions
  • viewpoints
  • views
  • visages

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