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Antonyms for behind
bɪˈhaɪndbe·hind

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Wiktionary2.0 / 1 vote

  1. behindpreposition

    Synonyms:
    in back of, to the rear of

  2. behindpreposition

    at the back of

    Synonyms:
    in back of, to the rear of

  3. behindpreposition

    Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.

    Synonyms:
    to the rear of, in back of

  4. behindpreposition

    after, time- or motion-wise

    Synonyms:
    in back of, to the rear of

  5. behindpreposition

    A 1 point score.

    1880: A roar from ten thousand throats go up,For we've kicked another behind. The Opening Ball in Comic Australian Verse, ed. G. Lehmann, 1975. Quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition, 1985, Sydney University Press, ISBN 0-424-00113-6.

    Synonyms:
    in back of, to the rear of

  6. behindpreposition

    in support of

    The republicans are fully behind their candidate.

    Synonyms:
    in back of, to the rear of

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, assadjective

    the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

    "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

    Antonyms:
    up

    Synonyms:
    screw, arse, keister, female genital organ, substructure, stinkpot, goat, cornerstone, stern, lavatory, git, croup, arsehole, butt, shadower, crapper, commode, throne, skunk, base, tooshie, foundation, butt end, lav, derriere, can buoy, shag, place, seat, prat, bottomland, hind end, tin can, scum bag, asshole, freighter, understructure, ass, stub, backside, after part, female genitals, tramp, female genitalia, idler, nookie, toilet, piece of tail, laughingstock, shtup, poop, foot, screwing, posterior, potty, bathroom, quarter, do-nothing, back end, dirty dog, tush, tail, merchantman, canful, can, croupe, butt joint, john, back tooth, bunghole, nates, rat, rump, nooky, pot, back, privy, underside, piece of ass, rear end, rear, layabout, bottom, buns, merchant ship, undersurface, tail assembly, hobo, loafer, fundament, stool, roll in the hay, empennage, rotter, so-and-so, stooge, target, stinker, buttocks, bottom of the inning, hindquarters, bum, cigaret, coffin nail, tin, crumb, groundwork, shadow, fag end, cigarette, bed, basis, tail end, fanny, lowlife, puke

  2. behind(p)adverb

    having the lower score or lagging position in a contest

    "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing"

    Antonyms:
    up

  3. behindadverb

    in or to or toward the rear

    "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind"

    Antonyms:
    up

    Synonyms:
    slow, in arrears, behindhand

  4. behindadverb

    remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from

    "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind"

    Antonyms:
    up

    Synonyms:
    slow, in arrears, behindhand

  5. behind, slowadverb

    of timepieces

    "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"

    Antonyms:
    up

    Synonyms:
    easy, slowly, tardily, slow, in arrears, behindhand

  6. behindadverb

    in or into an inferior position

    "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"

    Antonyms:
    up

    Synonyms:
    slow, in arrears, behindhand

  7. behind, behindhand, in arrearsadverb

    in debt

    "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills"

    Antonyms:
    up

    Synonyms:
    slow, in arrears, behindhand

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. behind

    Synonyms:
    Back door, see there

How to use behind in a sentence?

  1. Kinner Lakhani:

    For the industry, and in particular UBS, the bulk of the European cross-border outflows may be behind us.

  2. Delfin Lorenzana:

    We will use the full force of the law to bring to justice the perpetrators behind this incident.

  3. Bill Nelson:

    Any flight coming from overseas should go through the same level of security as flights here in the United States. And if some countries are falling behind on that effort, they need to step it up.

  4. Hilary Benn:

    Each individual in the end will reach their own decision about what they think the right thing to do is and I respect that, whatever difference of view there may be on the question of what the right thing is to do in Syria, we're united behind Jeremy.

  5. Dr. David M. Burns:

    Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.

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