Meaning & use

reversible

adjective·Academic

Able to be turned back, undone, or returned to a previous state or position.

See it in a sentence

The jacket is reversible, so you can wear either side depending on the weather.

Doctors reassured the family that the condition was reversible with early treatment.

A note on using this word

Reversible is often misspelled reversable; remember it keeps the -ible ending, not -able.

Words with a similar meaning

undoableconvertible

Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.

Words with an opposite meaning

irreversiblepermanent

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