converse

Found in thesaurus: proposition, talk, speak

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converse
v. talk, discuss
 
adj. opposite, contrary
 
n. something opposite, something which is the reverse of something else

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Converse
Converse may refer to:
  • Converse (logic), in logic the result of reversing the two parts of a categorical or implicational statement
  • Converse (semantics), pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view
  • Converse (surname), various people with the surname
  • Converse (shoe company), an American shoe company
    • Converses or Chuck Taylor All-Stars, canvas and rubber shoes produced by the company
  • Converse accident, a logical fallacy that can occur in a statistical syllogism when an exception to a generalization is wrongly excluded
  • Converse College, a women's college in Spartanburg, South Carolina
  • Converse relation or inverse relation, in mathematics the relation that occurs when switching the order of the elements in a binary relation
  • Conversation, a form of communication between people following rules of etiquette

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converse

Noun
1. a proposition obtained by conversion
(hypernym) proposition

Verb
1. carry on a conversation
(synonym) discourse
(hypernym) talk, speak
(hyponym) argue, contend, debate, fence
(derivation) conversation

Adjective
1. of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms"
(similar) antonymous
2. turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"
(synonym) reversed, transposed
(similar) backward


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converse
adj. lay, not clerical; not a member of the ordained clergy; not professional, not a member of a certain profession
 
converser
v. confabulate, converse

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convergere
v. converge, focus, centre, center
 
conversa
nf. lay sister