reversal | Definition of reversal

Synonyms and Antonyms of reversal

1 a change in status for the worse usually temporarily

the company's long-term strategy is sound, and they should be able to weather this latest reversal

Synonyms of reversal

knock, lapse, reverse, setback

Words Related to reversal

disappointment, frustration, letdown

comedown, decline, descent, down, downfall, fall

turnabout, turnaround

recession, regression, retrogression, reversion

breakdown, collapse, crash, meltdown, ruin, undoing

Near Antonyms of reversal

2 a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite

parents need to be consistent in their discipline policy, as reversals will only undermine the whole process

Synonyms of reversal

about-face, about-turn [British], flip-flop, turnabout, turnaround, U-turn, volte-face

Words Related to reversal

bait and switch, switcheroo

denial, disaffirmance, disavowal, disownment, recantation, renunciation, repudiation, retraction

reconsideration, retreat, second thought

hesitation, indecision, irresolution, shilly-shallying, vacillation, wavering, wobbling (also wabbling)

Phrases Synonymous with reversal

change of heart