| adverse | (adjective) in an opposing direction | Synonyms: contrary |
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| (adjective) contrary to your interests or welfare | Synonyms: inauspicious, untoward |
| asperse | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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| averse | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetic, antipathetical, indisposed, loath, loth |
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| converse | (adjective) of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other | - |
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| (adjective) turned about in order or relation | Synonyms: reversed, transposed |
| (noun) a proposition obtained by conversion | - |
| (verb) carry on a conversation | Synonyms: discourse |
| disperse | (verb) cause to separate | Synonyms: break up, scatter |
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| (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
| (verb) distribute loosely | Synonyms: dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle |
| (verb) separate (light) into spectral rays | - |
| (verb) move away from each other | Synonyms: dissipate, scatter, spread out |
| (verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions | Synonyms: break up, dispel, dissipate, scatter |
| diverse | (adjective) distinctly dissimilar or unlike | Synonyms: various |
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| (adjective) many and different | Synonyms: divers |
| immerse | (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: absorb, engross, engulf, plunge, soak up, steep |
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| (verb) cause to be immersed | Synonyms: plunge |
| (verb) thrust or throw into | Synonyms: plunge |
| (verb) enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | Synonyms: bury, eat up, swallow, swallow up |
| intersperse | (verb) introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions | Synonyms: interlard |
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| (verb) place at intervals in or among | - |
| inverse | (adjective) opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity | - |
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| (adjective) reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect | Synonyms: reverse |
| (noun) something inverted in sequence or character or effect | Synonyms: opposite |
| obverse | (noun) the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design | - |
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| (noun) the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides | - |
| perverse | (adjective) deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good | Synonyms: depraved, perverted, reprobate |
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| (adjective) resistant to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: contrary, obstinate, wayward |
| (adjective) marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict | - |
| reverse | (adjective) of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle | - |
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| (adjective) directed or moving toward the rear | Synonyms: rearward |
| (adjective) reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect | Synonyms: inverse |
| (noun) (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction | - |
| (noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reversal, reversion, turnabout, turnaround |
| (noun) the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed | Synonyms: reverse gear |
| (noun) the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design | Synonyms: verso |
| (noun) an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating | Synonyms: black eye, blow, reversal, setback |
| (noun) a relation of direct opposition | Synonyms: contrary, opposite |
| (verb) change to the contrary | Synonyms: change by reversal, turn |
| (verb) turn inside out or upside down | Synonyms: invert, turn back |
| (verb) reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of | Synonyms: invert |
| (verb) rule against | Synonyms: override, overrule, overthrow, overturn |
| (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, revoke, vacate |
| submerse | (verb) put under water | Synonyms: submerge |
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| (verb) sink below the surface; go under or as if under water | Synonyms: submerge |
| terse | (adjective) brief and to the point; effectively cut short | Synonyms: crisp, curt, laconic |
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| transverse | (adjective) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis | Synonyms: cross, thwartwise, transversal |
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| traverse | (noun) taking a zigzag path on skis | Synonyms: traversal |
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| (noun) travel across | Synonyms: traversal |
| (noun) a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it | Synonyms: transom |
| (noun) a horizontal beam that extends across something | Synonyms: crossbeam, crosspiece, trave |
| (verb) deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit | Synonyms: deny |
| (verb) travel across or pass over | Synonyms: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track |
| (verb) to cover or extend over an area or time period | Synonyms: cross, span, sweep |
| twitterverse | (noun) the social sphere of the Twitter service | - |
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| universe | (noun) everything stated or assumed in a given discussion | Synonyms: universe of discourse |
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| (noun) (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn | Synonyms: population |
| (noun) everything that exists anywhere | Synonyms: cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, world |
| verse | (noun) a piece of poetry | Synonyms: rhyme |
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| (noun) a line of metrical text | Synonyms: verse line |
| (noun) literature in metrical form | Synonyms: poesy, poetry |
| (verb) familiarize through thorough study or experience | - |
| (verb) compose verses or put into verse | Synonyms: poetise, poetize, versify |