vice versa
/ˈvaɪsɪ ˈvɜːsə/US/ˈvaɪsi ˈvɝsə/
vice versa adverb: the same but with the two items mentioned reversed.
Adverb
vice versa (not comparable)
- The same but with the two items mentioned reversed.
- Since there are two contestants left in the race, either Bob will come first place and Alice second place, or vice versa.
- The most loved scholar of the university wrote a memorable diary to his students, and vice versa, the students wrote to him.
- Synonyms:
- vicey versey, conversely, the other way round, inversely, reverse, wrong side out
vice versa meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
vice versa in Hindi
- the other way round
- विलोमतः vilomtaḥ
vice versa in Tamil
- the other way round
- நேர்மாறாக nērmāṟāka
vice versa in Urdu
- the other way round
- اس کے برعکس us ke bar'aks, اس کے برخلاف īs key barḵelāf
vice versa in Malayalam
- തിരിച്ചും, മറിച്ചും, എതിരായി, നേരേമറിച്ച്
More languagesFewer languages
- vice versa in Kannada
- ಮಾರ್ಬಗೆ
- vice versa in Arabic
- الْعَكْس بِالْعَكْس al-ʕaks bi-l-ʕaks, الْعَكْس صَحِيح al-ʕaks ṣaḥīḥ
- vice versa in Malay
- sebaliknya
- vice versa in Indonesian
- juga sebaliknya
- vice versa in Persian
- برعکس bar'aks, بالعکس bel'aks, برخلاف barxalâf
- vice versa in Vietnamese
- ngược lại
Synonyms of vice versa
Antonyms
Forms of vice versa
| alternative form | vice-versa |
|---|---|
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | vicey versey |
| alternative abbreviation | v.v. |
| alternative form | vice versâ |
| alternative form | vice-versâ |
Origin of vice versa
Borrowed from Latin ablative absolute vice versā (“the position having been reversed”), from feminine third declension noun vicis (“arrangement, order, position”) + feminine ablative singular of perfect passive participle versus, from vertō (“to turn, to reverse”).
Questions about vice versa
- What does vice versa mean?
- Vice versa means the same but with the two items mentioned reversed.
- What is vice versa in Hindi?
- Vice versa in Hindi is विलोमतः (vilomtaḥ). See Vice versa meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vice versa?
- Vice versa is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce vice versa?
- Vice versa is pronounced /ˈvaɪsɪ ˈvɜːsə/ (UK).
Words near vice versa in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vice versa (page history and authors); vice versa (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vice versa (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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