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reversal - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | reversal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | about-face |
| Synonyms: | U-turn, annulment, cancellation, repeal, retraction, switch, turnabout, backpedaling, change in direction, doubleback, rescinding, turnaround, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | about-face |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete change |
| Synonyms: | 180 degree turn, change, double, repeal, retraction, reversal, reverse, switch, turn, turnabout, u-turn, change in direction, changeabout, doubleback, overturning, policy change, turnaround, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | abrogation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cancellation |
| Synonyms: | annulment, ending, repudiation, retraction, reversal, withdrawal, discontinuation, invalidation, quashing, rescission, voiding |
| Main Entry: | annulment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voiding an agreement |
| Synonyms: | abatement, abolition, abrogation, breakup, cancellation, discharge, dissolution, negation, recall, repeal, retraction, reversal, revocation, split*, split up*, undoing*, annihilation, countermanding, dedomiciling, deletion, erasing, going phfft, invalidation, neutralization, nullification, obliteration, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, vitiation, voiding |
| Antonyms: | enactment, restoration, retention, validation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cancellation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calling off; erasure |
| Synonyms: | abolition, abrogation, annulment, dissolution, elimination, recall, repeal, repudiation, retraction, reversal, revocation, undoing, abandoning, abandonment, abolishing, canceling, deletion, dissolving, invalidating, invalidation, nullification, overruling, quashing, recalling, retirement, retracting, reversing, revoking, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | allowance, approval, arrangement, establishment, permission |
| Main Entry: | conversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, adaptation |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, alteration, change of heart, changeover, exchange, flip-flop*, flux, growth, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, novelty, passage, passing, permutation, progress, qualification, reclamation, reconstruction, reformation, reorganization, resolution, reversal, switch, transformation, translation, transmutation, born again, metanoia, metasis, proselytization, regeneration, remodelling, resolving, see the light, transfiguration, transmogrification, turning, turning around |
| Antonyms: | idleness, sameness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cutback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decrease |
| Synonyms: | abatement, curtailment, decline, economy, lessening, lowering, reduction, reversal, belt-tightening, decrement |
| Antonyms: | increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | debacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | catastrophe |
| Synonyms: | beating, breakdown, collapse, crash, defeat, devastation, disaster, dissolution, downfall, failure, fiasco, havoc, overthrow, reversal, rout, ruin, smash, smashup, washout, wreck, blue ruin, crack-up, defeasance, drubbing, licking, ruination, shellacking, trouncing, vanquishment |
| Antonyms: | boon, miracle, wonder |
| Main Entry: | flip-flop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change of mind |
| Synonyms: | U-turn, about-face, change, change of heart, changeover, reversal, switch, turnabout, change of course, second thoughts, switchover, turn-around, turnaround |
| Main Entry: | jolt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surprise; sudden push |
| Synonyms: | blow, bounce, bump, clash, collision, concussion, double whammy, impact, jar, jerk, jog, jounce, jump, kick, lurch, percussion, punch, quiver, reversal, setback, shake, shock, shot, start, surprise, bombshell, thunderbolt |
| Main Entry: | refusal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial of responsibility; unwillingness |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, ban, choice, cold shoulder*, defiance, disapproval, disclaimer, disfavor, dissent, exclusion, forbidding, negation, nix*, no, noncompliance, option, pass*, prohibition, rebuff, refutation, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, repulsion, reversal, thumbs down, veto, withholding, writ, declension, declination, disallowance, disavowal, discountenancing, enjoinment, interdiction, knockback, nonacceptance, nonconsent, proscription, regrets, renouncement, turndown |
| Antonyms: | approval, grant, offer, sanction, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | setback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, bath*, blow, bottom, check, comedown, defeat, delay, difficulty, drawing board, flip-flop*, hindrance, hitch*, impediment, misfortune, obstacle, rebuff, regress, reversal, reverse, slowdown, stumbling block*, trouble, upset, backset, hold-up, regression, reversal of fortune, whole new ballgame |
| Antonyms: | achievement, advance, blessing, boon, boost, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | switch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, exchange |
| Synonyms: | about-face, alteration, reversal, shift, substitution, swap, transformation, change of direction |
| Antonyms: | stagnation, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | turnabout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | about-face |
| Synonyms: | U-turn, flip-flop, reversal, reverse, shift, change of direction, changeabout, doubleback, turnaround, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | undoing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destruction, misfortune |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bane, blight, blow, blunder, calamity, casualty, catastrophe, collapse, curse, defeat, destroyer, difficulty, disgrace, doom, downfall, error, failure, fault, faux pas, flaw, fumble, grief, humiliation, last straw*, misadventure, mischance, mishap, misstep, omission, overthrow, overturn, reversal, reverse, ruin, shame, slip, smash, stumble, subversion, trial, trip, trouble, visitation, weakness, wreck, bad omen, miscalculation, ruination |
| Antonyms: | building, creation, doing, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | U-turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | about-face |
| Synonyms: | U-ey, backtracking, change of heart, change of mind, change of plan, eating one's words, one-eighty, retraction, reversal, sea change, turnaround, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | vicissitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, alteration, alternation, diversity, flip-flop*, fluctuation, innovation, mutation, novelty, permutation, progression, reversal, revolution, shift, sport, switch, uncertainty, ups and downs*, variation, variety, mid-course correction, mutability, switchover, transposition, turnaround |
| Antonyms: | stability, stagnation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | transposition |
| Synonyms: | contradiction, conversion, opposite, reversal |
| Main Entry: | retraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recantation |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, about-face*, abrogation, annulment, contradiction, denial, disclaimer, recall, repudiation, reversal, revocation, withdrawal, abjuration, backpedaling, backtracking, contraversion, disavowal, disowning, forswearing, gainsaying, nullification, reneging, renouncing, unsaying, volte-face |
| Antonyms: | confirmation, corroboration, reaffirmation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | change of heart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | altered attitude |
| Synonyms: | 180, about-face, defection, flip-flop, reversal, apostasy, backpedaling, change of mind, second thoughts, turnaround, volte-face |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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