invert

invert is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
2. transitive verb. To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
3. transitive verb. To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
4. transitive verb. To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.
5. intransitive verb. To undergo inversion, as sugar.
6. adjective. Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar.
7. noun. An inverted arch.
8. verb. turn inside out or upside down

   Synonyms: reverse

9. verb. reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of

   "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb"

   Synonyms: reverse

10. verb. make an inversion (in a musical composition)

    "here the theme is inverted"

Synonyms

reverse

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in invert:

vinter, virent

Common word forms

inverts, inverted, inverter, inverting

Words from these letters

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