reversionary
/ɹəˈvɝʒəˌnɛɹi/noun, adjective
reversionary is a noun meaning “A reversioner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-V-E-R-S-I-O-N-A-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 38 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of reversionary is reversionaries.
What does reversionary mean?
noun
- 1
A reversioner.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to reversion, especially that of an estate.
a reversionary interest or right
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce reversionary?
- UK /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)ʒənəɹi/
- UK /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)ʒənɹi/
- US /ɹəˈvɝʒəˌnɛɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of reversionary
- reversionaries plural
- more reversionary comparative
- most reversionary superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reversionary?
Reversionary appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does reversionary come from?
From reversion + -ary.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).