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reversible
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun reversible has 1 sense
- reversible(n = noun.artifact) Array - a garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing); Array is a kind of garment
Derived form adjective reversible2
Adjective reversible has 4 senses
- reversible(a = adj.all) Array - capable of reversing or being reversed; "reversible hypertension" Antonym: irreversible
- reversible(a = adj.all) two-sided - capable of being reversed or used with either side out; "a reversible jacket" Antonym: nonreversible
- reversible(s = adj.all) Array - capable of being reversed; "a reversible decision is one that can be appealed or vacated" Derived forms verb reverse1, verb reverse4
- reversible(s = adj.all) Array - capable of assuming or producing either of two states; "a reversible chemical reaction"; "a reversible cell" Derived form noun reversibility1
Derived forms verb reverse2, noun reversible1
CIDE DICTIONARY
reversible, a. [Cf. F. réversible revertible, reversionary.].
- Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence. [1913 Webster]
- Hence, having a pattern or finished surface on both sides, so that either may be used; -- said of fabrics. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
reversible
ameliorable, amendable, atavistic, correctable, corrigible, curable, emendable, fixable, improvable, medicable, mendable, reactionary, recessive, recidivist, recidivous, reclaimable, recoverable, rectifiable, recyclable, redeemable, regressive, remediable, repairable, reparable, restorable, retrievable, retrograde, retrogressive, retrorse, retroverse, returnable, reversional, reversionary, revertible, revulsionaryROGET THESAURUS
reversible
Irresolution
N irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision, indetermination, undetermination, unsettlement, uncertainty, demur, suspense, hesitating, hesitation, hesitancy, vacillation, changeableness, fluctuation, alternation, caprice, fickleness, levity, legerete, pliancy, weakness, timidity, cowardice, half measures, waverer, ass between two bundles of hay, shuttlecock, butterfly, wimp, doughface, irresolute, infirm of purpose, double-minded, half-hearted, undecided, unresolved, undetermined, shilly-shally, fidgety, tremulous, hesitating, off one's balance, at a loss, vacillating, unsteady, unsteadfast, fickle, without ballast, capricious, volatile, frothy, light, lightsome, light-minded, giddy, fast and loose, weak, feeble-minded, frail, timid, wimpish, wimpy, cowardly, dough-faced, facile, pliant, unable to say 'no', easy-going revocable, reversible, irresolutely, irresolved, irresolvedly, in faltering accents, off and on, from pillar to post, seesaw, Int, how happy could I be with either!.
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