as in opposite
something that is as different as possible from something else
the new administration had promised peace and prosperity, but what we got was the obverse: war and recession
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Recent Examples of obverse
Davey Winder, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The obverse side will still feature the portrait of former President George Washington by Laura Gardin Fraser.
—Jordan D. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
Dominic Pino, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024
Then, in an obverse of the way such situations usually go, in 1999 Thorn and Watt ankled the group but remained together as a couple, raising a family and occasionally releasing solo albums over the next 24 years.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
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Noun
The obverse side of the communications coin is that without TLS encryption, that information is there for anyone to sniff out.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The obverse side will still feature the portrait of former President George Washington by Laura Gardin Fraser.
—Jordan D. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
Adjective
But the two scary-sounding facts have happy-sounding obverses.
—Dominic Pino, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024
Then, in an obverse of the way such situations usually go, in 1999 Thorn and Watt ankled the group but remained together as a couple, raising a family and occasionally releasing solo albums over the next 24 years.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obverse
Noun
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In fact, his position and his actions do the opposite.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
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In that way, cutting taxes that feed the trust fund does the opposite of protecting Social Security.—
Laurel Wamsley,
NPR,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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On the precipice of artificial intelligence (AI) robotics, the company executed a 1-for-8 reverse split intended to streamline internal structures for future growth.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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But even if writing about Paris helped ease the transition, my mind was still flailing in this last codified stage, reverse language shock.—
Benedict Nguyễn
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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As Blurton explains it, in the strength world, load and velocity often have an inverse relationship.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
15 July 2025
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Pictured here is an inverse head-and-shoulders formation that dates all the way back to the start of 2025.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
9 July 2025
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“Obverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obverse. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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