adverb
- in reverse order from the way something has been stated; the other way around: She dislikes me, and vice versa. Copernicus was the first to suggest that the earth revolves around the sun, and not vice versa.
adverb
- with the order reversed; the other way around
c.1600, Latin, from vice, ablative of vicis “a turn, change” (see vicarious) + versa, feminine ablative singular of versus, past participle of vertere “to turn, turn about” (see versus).