What are some opposite words for back?
Antonyms for back
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This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term back.
Wiktionary
backnoun
To go in the reverse direction.
The train backed into the station.
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frontbackverb
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frontSynonyms:
reversebackadjective
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veerbackadjective
The spine and associated tissues.
I back you all the way.
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currentbackverb
to change direction contrary to its normal pattern (anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, clockwise in the southern)
Fear held him back.
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mainSynonyms:
remotebacknoun
That which is farthest away from the front.
He sat in the back of the room.
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front
Matched Categories
Princeton's WordNet
back, dorsumnoun
the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
"his back was nicely tanned"
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front, anterior, current, look, advance, face, bring forward, veer, forward, aheadSynonyms:
cover, dorsum, rear, spine, backbone, spinal column, vertebral column, binding, backrest, rachis, book bindingrear, backnoun
the side that goes last or is not normally seen
"he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
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front, anterior, current, face, bring forward, veer, look, advance, ahead, forwardSynonyms:
fanny, binding, tail, seat, backrest, butt, dorsum, rear end, can, nates, vertebral column, fundament, posterior, buttocks, behind, stern, bottom, backside, bum, rachis, spinal column, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, spine, hind end, book binding, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, back end, cover, rear, tush, backboneback, rearnoun
the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
"he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
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front, anterior, current, veer, look, advance, face, bring forward, forward, aheadSynonyms:
fanny, binding, tail, seat, backrest, butt, rachis, can, fundament, nates, vertebral column, rear end, posterior, buttocks, spine, stern, bottom, backside, bum, spinal column, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, dorsum, hind end, book binding, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, back end, cover, rear, tush, backbone, behindbacknoun
(football) a person who plays in the backfield
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front, current, anterior, bring forward, advance, face, veer, look, ahead, forwardSynonyms:
cover, dorsum, rear, spine, backbone, spinal column, vertebral column, binding, backrest, rachis, book bindingspinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachisnoun
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
"the fall broke his back"
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front, anterior, current, bring forward, look, face, veer, advance, ahead, forwardSynonyms:
dorsum, cover, sticker, spikelet, mainstay, backrest, lynchpin, binding, grit, prickle, book binding, pricker, spine, sand, thorn, spinal column, keystone, spur, linchpin, backbone, rear, acantha, gumption, anchor, rachis, moxie, guts, vertebral columnbinding, book binding, cover, backnoun
the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
"the book had a leather binding"
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front, anterior, current, face, look, bring forward, advance, veer, forward, aheadSynonyms:
dressing, blanket, screen, covering, cover version, spinal column, rear, binding, rachis, covert, covering fire, spine, natural covering, cover song, screening, bandaging, concealment, top, masking, cover charge, backbone, backrest, cover, dorsum, ski binding, book binding, vertebral columnbacknoun
the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
"they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"
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front, anterior, current, veer, bring forward, advance, look, face, ahead, forwardSynonyms:
cover, dorsum, rear, spine, backbone, spinal column, vertebral column, binding, backrest, rachis, book bindingback, backrestnoun
a support that you can lean against while sitting
"the back of the dental chair was adjustable"
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front, anterior, current, face, bring forward, advance, veer, look, forward, aheadSynonyms:
cover, dorsum, rear, spine, backbone, spinal column, vertebral column, binding, backrest, rachis, book bindingbackadjective
(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
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front, anterior, current, bring forward, veer, advance, look, face, forward, aheadSynonyms:
cover, dorsum, rear, spine, backbone, spinal column, vertebral column, binding, backrest, rachis, book bindingback(a)adjective
related to or located at the back
"the back yard"; "the back entrance"
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front, anterior, current, bring forward, look, face, veer, advance, forward, aheadback(a), hind(a), hinder(a)adjective
located at or near the back of an animal
"back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass"
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front, anterior, current, bring forward, face, veer, advance, look, ahead, forwardback(a)verb
of an earlier date
"back issues of the magazine"
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front, anterior, current, look, advance, face, veer, bring forward, forward, aheadback, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, supportverb
be behind; approve of
"He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
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front, anterior, current, bring forward, face, advance, veer, look, forward, aheadSynonyms:
stake, digest, abide, tolerate, bear, support, plunk for, hold up, endure, stick out, second, fend for, patronise, back up, keep going, certify, corroborate, endorse, stomach, defend, confirm, bear out, stand, affirm, game, brook, indorse, subscribe, suffer, bet on, sustain, patronize, underpin, gage, substantiate, hold, plump for, patronage, put up, puntbackverb
travel backward
"back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
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front, anterior, current, look, bring forward, face, veer, advance, ahead, forwardSynonyms:
indorse, support, gage, bet on, second, back up, plunk for, plump for, stake, game, punt, endorsesecond, back, endorse, indorseverb
give support or one's approval to
"I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
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front, anterior, current, bring forward, face, veer, look, advance, ahead, forwardSynonyms:
indorse, support, gage, plunk for, second, back up, plump for, certify, stake, bet on, game, punt, endorsebackverb
cause to travel backward
"back the car into the parking spot"
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front, anterior, current, bring forward, face, advance, look, veer, ahead, forwardSynonyms:
indorse, support, gage, bet on, second, back up, plunk for, plump for, stake, game, punt, endorsebackverb
support financial backing for
"back this enterprise"
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front, current, anterior, bring forward, look, veer, advance, face, ahead, forwardSynonyms:
indorse, support, gage, bet on, second, back up, plunk for, plump for, stake, game, punt, endorsebackverb
be in back of
"My garage backs their yard"
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front, anterior, current, bring forward, look, face, advance, veer, ahead, forwardSynonyms:
indorse, support, gage, bet on, second, back up, plunk for, plump for, stake, game, punt, endorsebet on, back, gage, stake, game, puntverb
place a bet on
"Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
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front, anterior, current, veer, advance, bring forward, face, look, forward, aheadSynonyms:
second, bet on, gage, adventure, plump for, impale, support, pole, plunk for, game, post, hazard, venture, indorse, stake, jeopardize, punt, endorse, back upbackverb
shift to a counterclockwise direction
"the wind backed"
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front, anterior, current, advance, bring forward, face, look, veer, forward, aheadSynonyms:
indorse, support, gage, bet on, second, back up, plunk for, plump for, stake, game, punt, endorseback, back upverb
establish as valid or genuine
"Can you back up your claims?"
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front, current, anterior, face, look, advance, bring forward, veer, forward, aheadSynonyms:
second, bet on, gage, foul, clog up, plump for, support, congest, back off, plunk for, game, choke off, indorse, stake, choke, clog, punt, endorse, back up, back downbackadverb
strengthen by providing with a back or backing
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front, anterior, current, face, veer, bring forward, advance, look, forward, aheadSynonyms:
indorse, support, gage, bet on, second, back up, plunk for, plump for, stake, game, punt, endorsebackadverb
in or to or toward a former location
"she went back to her parents' house"
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front, current, anterior, advance, bring forward, look, face, veer, forward, aheadback, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwardsadverb
at or to or toward the back or rear
"he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
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front, current, anterior, veer, face, advance, bring forward, look, forward, aheadbackadverb
in or to or toward an original condition
"he went back to sleep"
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front, anterior, current, veer, look, bring forward, face, advance, ahead, forwardback, backwardadverb
in or to or toward a past time
"set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
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front, anterior, current, bring forward, veer, face, look, advance, ahead, forwardbackadverb
in reply
"he wrote back three days later"
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front, current, anterior, bring forward, veer, face, advance, look, ahead, forwardbackadverb
in repayment or retaliation
"we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher"
Antonyms:
front, current, anterior, advance, look, bring forward, veer, face, forward, ahead
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
backadjective
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posterior, dorsal, notal, tergal, neural, remote, distant, frontier, rear, reversebackadverb
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backward, rearward, in arrear, in return, in restitution, in requitalbacknoun
Synonyms:
reverse, posteriors, fundament, buttocks, seat, rump, breech, ridgeAssociated words:
supine, resupine, resupination, dorsigerous, dorsiferous, crick, dorsiparous, dos-à-dos, tergiferous, lumbago, notalgia, lumbar, aitchbone, loins, dorsicumbentbackverb
Synonyms:
support, second, maintain, abet, subsidize, coöperate, with, mount, indorse
How to use back in a sentence?
To me it means the world because you grow up loving this team. I couldn't be more proud of them, it gives me a big teaching tool to teach my boys about sportsmanship and camaraderie and doing the right thing and giving back to a community.
Botham Jean told me Botham Jean had never heard the song before, but that day, Botham Jean called back to St. Lucia and asked Botham Jean grandmother to teach Botham Jean that old hymn on the phone, so Botham Jean shared it with us... that night, and it was a truly special moment.
Salvation Army volunteer Robert Cairncross:
My principal aim is to bring the Gospel, and I think if you spread the Gospel, then only good comes out of what you do, i’m amazed at the generosity of the American people for people less fortunate than themselves. When you go back to the Salvation Army center and see the gifts they’ve given there, it’s amazing.
This has always been available to all — everybody who does a negotiation on a film — which means you can ask for or demand at least 50 percent diversity in not only the casting but the crew. The fact that I just learned that after 35 years in the film business — we are n’t going back.
No one’s ever really won by threatening a reporter, attack back with facts, not with a personal vendetta, because a CEO is changing the story by attacking the reporter. He’s making it personal and taking the focus off of the company.
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