the other way around

adverb

The same but with the things or people mentioned in reverse order.

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vice versaconverselythe other way aboutcontrariwise
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Meanings

adverbthe other way around (not comparable)

alternative the other way round

  1. not comparableThe same but with the things or people mentioned in reverse order.

    “After all, he’s speaking our language, not the other way around.

    1988, Michael Crichton, Sphere, page 185

    Synonyms: vice versa, conversely, the other way about

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbThe same but with the things or people mentioned in reverse order.

Similar
vice versaconverselythe other way about

More synonyms by meaning

adverbwith the order reversed

Similar
vice versacontrariwise
Also see
contrariwisevice versa

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan a l'inrevés
  • a l'inrevéssame but with things reversed
Chinese Mandarin 反過來 /反过来, 反之亦然
  • 反過來 /反过来 (fǎnguolái)same but with things reversed
  • 反之亦然 (fǎnzhīyìrán)same but with things reversed
Dutch omgekeerd, andersom
  • omgekeerdsame but with things reversed
  • andersomsame but with things reversed
Finnish toisinpäin
  • toisinpäinsame but with things reversed
French vice versa, dans l'autre sens
  • vice versasame but with things reversed
  • dans l'autre senssame but with things reversed
German umgekehrt
  • umgekehrtsame but with things reversed
Hungarian fordítva
  • fordítvasame but with things reversed
Japanese 逆に
  • 逆に (gyaku ni)same but with things reversed
Norwegian andre veien
  • andre veiensame but with things reversed
Polish na odwrót
  • na odwrótsame but with things reversed
Portuguese ao contrário, em reverso
  • ao contráriosame but with things reversed
  • em reversosame but with things reversed
  • de trás para frentesame but with things reversed
Romanian invers
  • inverssame but with things reversed
Russian наоборо́т
  • наоборо́т (naoborót)same but with things reversed
Spanish al revés, lo contrario
  • al revéssame but with things reversed
  • lo contrariosame but with things reversed
  • viceversasame but with things reversed
Cite this entry
APA

the other way around. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20other%20way%20around

MLA

“the other way around.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20other%20way%20around. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “the other way around,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20other%20way%20around.

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