Nose candy, reversal, turnabout, puff, turnaround, setback, snow, about-face, opposite, change of mind, gust, shock, black eye, flip-flop, verso, policy change, volte-face, mouse, turn around, shiner, contrary, bump, blow, transposition, coke, reversion, blast, reverse gear
Reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye nounĪn unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes something that is thwarting or frustrating Reverse gear, verso, turnabout, contrary, reversal, blow, reversion, opposite, black eye, turnaround, setback The gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed Reversal, turnabout, turnaround, setback, opposite, black eye, opposite word, verso, contrary, inverse, blow, antonym, opposition, opponent, reversion, reverse gear "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true" Princeton's WordNet (1.00 / 1 vote) Rate these synonyms: Compare CANCEL DEMOLISH EXTERMINATE.Ībate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminateĪuthorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain
We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. The law prohibits what may never have existed it abolishes an existing evil. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense as, to subvert our liberties to suppress a rebellion. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech.