vice ver·sa \|vīsəˈvərsə, -sēˈ-, -siˈ-, -ˈvə̄sə, -ˈvəisə, (ˈ)vīsˈ-\adverb Etymology: Latin : with the alternation or order changed : with the relations reversed : conversely < it was with vast relief that we came upon a man pretending to be a machine, rather than vice versa — New Yorker >