Reverse
How words are described
| regular | regular reverse | regular wheel |
| forward | forward reverse | forward wheel |
| new | new reverse | new wheel |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Many open-wheel racers don't have reverse, and thus need to be pushed to go backwards (Formula 1 rules require the presence of a reverse gear).
Source: Analysis / Driving Stick - The Fast and the Furious has the wrong wheels powered quite a bit, accomplished by either disabling the front wheels (by removing the CV shafts) on an all wheel drive Nissan Skyline, to filming a front wheel drive car doing a powerslide in reverse, then played backwards.
Source: Artistic License Cars -
The Metroidesque wheel mode lets you reverse the Collision Damage, however.
Source: Video Game / Turrican
Cite this Source
Wheel and Reverse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/reverse/wheel
Reverse & Wheel. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/reverse/wheel>.
Wheel or Reverse. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/reverse/wheel.
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