What does obverse mean?
Obverse means Turned or facing toward the observer..
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/ˈɑb.vɚs/ · adjective
Turned or facing toward the observer..
The obverse side of the gravestone has the inscription.
When you speak clearly, people understand you. If you don't mumble, the obverse effect is observed.
an obverse leaf
The medal had a cross on the obverse and had a name inscribed on the reverse.
White racism says that all black people are the same, with no right to or understanding of these words. Too much of what I have seen of black society simply assumes the obverse, that black people should have no interest in these words, that these words are irrelevant to or destructive of "black culture."
Use obverse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Obverse means Turned or facing toward the observer..
Common synonyms include facing, presenting, analogous, like.
Possible antonyms include reverse, verso.
The obverse side of the gravestone has the inscription.
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