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Obverse

Obverse Meaning & Definition
Obverse Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Obverse?

[n] the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design
[n] the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides; "the obverse of this issue"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Obverse:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Obverse: adversative | adverse | adversive | ally | alter ego | analogon | analogue | antagonistic | anteriority | anti | antipathetic | antipodal | antipode | antipodes | antipole | antithesis | antithetic | antonym | antonymous | associate | at cross-purposes | balancing | bold front | brave face | brave front | brother | clashing | close copy | close match | cognate | companion | compensating | complement | conflicting | confronting | congenator | congener | contra | contradictory | contradistinct | contrapositive | contrarious | contrary | contrasted | converse | coordinate | correlate | correlative | correspondent | counter | counterbalance | counterbalancing | countercheck | counterpart | counterpoint | counterpoise | counterpoised | counterpole | counterterm | countervailing | dead against | discordant | discrepant | display | equivalent | eyeball to eyeball | eyeball-to-eyeball | facade | face | facet | facia | facing | fellow | foil | fore | forefront | foreground | forehand | foreland | forepart | forequarter | foreside | foreword | front | front elevation | front man | front matter | front page | front view | frontage | frontal | frontier | frontispiece | head | heading | heads | hostile | image | inconsistent | inimical | inverse | kindred spirit | lap | like | likeness | mate | near duplicate | offset | opposed | opposing | opposite | opposite number | opposite side | oppositional | oppositive | oppugnant | other face | other side | parallel | pendant | perverse | picture | polar | polaric | polarized | preface | prefix | priority | proscenium | reciprocal | repugnant | reverse | second self | setoff | similitude | simulacrum | sister | soul mate | squared off | such | suchlike | tails | tally | the contrary | the like of | the likes of | the other side | twin | vis-a-vis | window dressing

See Also | alternative | choice | coin | head | option | side

Obverse In Webster's Dictionary

\Ob*verse"\, a. [L. obversus, p. p. of obvertere. See {Obvert}.] Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.
\Ob"verse\, n. [Cf.F. obverse, obvers. See {Obverse}, a.] 1. The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse. 2. Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things. The fact that it [a belief] invariably exists being the obverse of the fact that there is no alternative belief. --H. Spencer.

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