as in opposite
something that is as different as possible from something else
the new administration had promised peace and prosperity, but what we got was the obverse: war and recession
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as in reverse
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Recent Examples of obverse
Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2014
Barnacled and throttled, the underside of the Santa Monica Pier is the shadowed obverse of the cheery tourist destination above it.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
Jordan D. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
The answer, perhaps, was shame: What Ernaux seemed to have understood from the start is that shame is the obverse side of truth.
—Rachel Cusk, New York Times, 2 May 2023
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Noun
And if lack of activity means flimsier bones, researchers want to see if the obverse is true.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2014
Barnacled and throttled, the underside of the Santa Monica Pier is the shadowed obverse of the cheery tourist destination above it.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
Adjective
The obverse side will still feature the portrait of former President George Washington by Laura Gardin Fraser.
—Jordan D. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
The answer, perhaps, was shame: What Ernaux seemed to have understood from the start is that shame is the obverse side of truth.
—Rachel Cusk, New York Times, 2 May 2023
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No wonder the fathers of old had a tendency to be so unhappy, and no wonder the fathers of today are increasingly the opposite.John Tamny, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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Shareholders, workers and customers may hope for their own sake that the opposite is true — and that other businesses follow Costco’s example.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Tackling all forms of discrimination, including reverse ageism, is essential for creating equitable policies that align with modern social values.Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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And in the United States, the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter and the world’s largest oil and gas producer, the incoming presidential administration is at best going to ignore climate change and at worst actively reverse policies for limiting warming.Umair Irfan, Vox, 28 Dec. 2024
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The two markets have an inverse relationship going back to 2024.Todd Gordon, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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Male voters showed a similar but inverse pattern, favoring Trump by 52 percent to Harris' 38 percent.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Obverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obverse. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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