reverse dictionary

reverse dictionary (plural reverse dictionaries)

1. A dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on: Nausicaa would precede Hecuba, which would precede orca; influenza would precede cab, and so on.
2. A dictionary that lists words under the concepts they describe.

   Synonym: inverted dictionary

• Reverse dictionaries in other Wiktionary editions (separately for various languages):
  Catalan – German – Latin – Polish – Russian