1. Carry on a conversation
   "The couple conversed quietly in the corner";
   - discourse

1. A proposition obtained by conversion
   "The converse of 'all dogs are animals' is 'some animals are dogs'"

1. Turned about in order or relation
   "converse letters";
   - reversed, transposed
    
2. Of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other
   "‘parental’ and ‘filial’ are converse terms"

Derived forms: conversing, converses, conversed

See also: antonymous, backward

Type of: proposition, speak, talk

Encyclopedia: Converse, Louisiana