- inverse, reverse - reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
Antonym: forward (indirect, via backward)
- inverse - 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)"
Antonym: direct
- inverse, opposite - something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"
--1 is a kind of opposition, oppositeness
--1 has particulars: additive inverse; multiplicative inverse, reciprocal