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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: with the order reversed; "she hates him and vice versa" [syn: vice versa, the other way around, contrariwise]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Etymology: Latin Date: 1601 with the order changed ; with the relations reversed ; conversely

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. with the order of the terms or conditions changed; the other way round (could go from left to right or vice versa). Etymology: L, = the position being reversed (as VICE(3), versa ablat. fem. past part. of vertere turn)

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Vice versa is used to indicate that the reverse of what you have said is true. For example 'women may bring their husbands with them, and vice versa' means that men may also bring their wives with them. Teachers qualified to teach in England are not accepted in Scotland and vice versa. PHRASE: usu and/or/not PHR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

[L.] Conversely, reversely.

Moby Thesaurus

a rebours, against the grain, alternately, arsy-varsy, back and forth, backward and forward, backwards, backwards and forwards, bottom side up, bottom up, by contraries, contra, contrarily, contrariously, contrariwise, contrary, contrawise, conversely, head over heels, heels over head, in flat opposition, inversely, just the opposite, mutatis mutandis, nay rather, on the contrary, oppositely, otherwise, over, per contra, quite the contrary, rather, reciprocally, reversed, seesaw, to and fro, to the contrary, topsy-turvy, tout au contraire, turned around, upside down