converse :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a proposition obtained by conversion

v. carry on a conversation

adj. of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms"

contrary

adj. very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion"

reversed, transposed

adj. turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"

antithesis, exact opposite

n. exact opposite; "his theory is the antithesis of mine"

antipode, direct opposite

n. direct opposite; "quiet: an antipode to focused busyness"

opposite, inverse

n. something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"

reverse, opposite, contrary

n. a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"

communicate, intercommunicate, transmit

v. transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

apprise, apprize, advise, notify, give notice, send word

v. inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"

correspond, exchange messages, send messages

v. exchange messages; "My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years"

confab, consult, confer, confabulate, consult together

v. have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"

debate, consider, deliberate, moot, turn over

v. think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

parley

v. discuss, as between enemies

recite, declaim

v. recite in elocution

discuss, talk over

v. speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget"

lecture, talk

v. deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

caution, admonish

v. warn strongly; put on guard

contradictory, mutually exclusive

adj. unable to be both true at the same time

counter, antagonistic

adj. indicating opposition or resistance

ill, inimical

adj. indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"

complementary

adj. of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms"

contradictory

adj. of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false; "`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms"

contrary

adj. of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms"

incompatible, contrastive

adj. of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"

allo

adj. (prefix) indicating difference or variation: "allomorph"; "allophone"

opposite, antithetic, antithetical

adj. sharply contrasted in character or purpose; "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair"

various, assorted

adj. of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior"

contrastive, contrasting

adj. strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"

differentiable

adj. capable of being perceived as different; "differentiable species"

divergent, differing

adj. diverging from another or from a standard; "a divergent opinion"

disparate

adj. fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas"

various, diverse

adj. distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"

diverse, divers

adj. many and different; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents"

opposite, polar, diametric, diametrical

adj. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"

variant

adj. differing from a norm or standard; "a variant spelling"

backswept, sweptback

adj. used of hair

cacuminal, retroflex

adj. pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate

reverse, inverse

adj. reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

negative

adj. (backward)

reverse, rearward

adj. directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"