English Explanatory Dictionary

vice versa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. The same but with the two items mentioned reversed.

Pronunciation

vī′sē vûr′sə vī′sə- vīs′- /ˈvaɪsɪ ˈvɜːsə/ /ˈvaɪsə-/ /vaɪs-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vice versa.wav /ˈvaɪsi ˈvɝsə/

Word forms

vice versa vice-versa vicey versey v.v. vice versâ vice-versâ

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ablative absolute vice versā (“the position having been reversed”), from feminine third declension noun vicis (“arrangement, order, position”) + feminine ablative singular of perfect passive participle versus, from vertō (“to turn, to reverse”).

Synonyms

vicey versey conversely the other way round inversely reverse vice versa wrong side out

Antonyms

rightways

Related words

on the flip side
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