Synonyms for inversion
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Hyperbaton — deviation from standard word order, as for example by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes…
2. Reversal
Other
subversion, temperature inversion, flip, upending, sexual inversion dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Deviation from standard word order, as for example by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs; in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis; and in other rhetorical devices or unusual situations.
- n. 2
The action of inverting.
Related words
- Word family
- inversionism
- Phrases
- circle inversion sexual inversion temperature inversion
Forms
- Plural
- inversions → hyperbatons, anastrophes, reversals, transpositions…
Example sentences
- anastrophe Anastrophe, by switching around words, has the effect of emphasizing text.
- reversal The recent data has caused a reversal of expectations.
- flip Yanni was hired to just moronically flip burgers.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| inversion | steady | |
| hyperbaton | rising | |
| anastrophe | steady | |
| reversal | falling | |
| transposition | rising | |
| flip | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- flip1
- 7 letters
- reverse2
- 8 letters
- reversal3, upending
- 10 letters
- subversion3, hyperbaton, anastrophe
- 13 letters
- transposition
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (reverse2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inversion
- Italiano
- inversione
- Deutsch
- Wechsel