inverse
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something inverted in sequence or character or effect
when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse
Types & categories
- oppositeness hypernym
- additive inverse hyponym
- multiplicative inverse hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)
Related & opposite
- direct antonym
- mathematics domain topic
- reciprocal similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | oppositeness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | additive inverse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | multiplicative inverse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | turnabout |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reverse |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | backward |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | direct |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | mathematics |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | reciprocal |