anastrophe

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: a=nas=tro=phe

CIDE DICTIONARY

anastrophe, n. [Gr. , fr. to turn up or back; + to turn.].

 An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

anastrophe, n. Rhet. the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses.

Etymology

Gk anastrophe turning back (as ANA-, strepho to turn)

ROGET THESAURUS

anastrophe

Inversion

N inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion, contraposition, contrariety, reversal, turn of the tide, overturn, somersault, somerset, summerset, culbute, revulsion, pirouette, transposition, transposal, anastrophy, metastasis, hyperbaton, anastrophe, hysteron proteron, hypallage, synchysis, tmesis, parenthesis, metathesis, palindrome, pronation and supination, inverted, wrong side out, wrong side up, inside out, upside down, bottom upwards, keel upwards, supine, on one's head, topsy-turvy, sens dessus dessous, inverse, reverse, opposite, top heavy, inversely, hirdy-girdy, heels over head, head over heels.