Synonyms for BACK
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1. backnoun

   To go in the reverse direction.

   The train backed into the station.

   Synonyms:
   backside, rear

   Antonyms:
   front

2. backverb

   Synonyms:
   reverse

   Antonyms:
   front

3. backadjective

   Antonyms:
   veer

4. backadjective

   The spine and associated tissues.

   I back you all the way.

   Synonyms:
   previous, former

   Antonyms:
   current

5. backverb

   to change direction contrary to its normal pattern (anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, clockwise in the southern)

   Fear held him back.

   Synonyms:
   remote

   Antonyms:
   main

6. backnoun

   That which is farthest away from the front.

   He sat in the back of the room.

   Antonyms:
   front

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1. 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"

   Synonyms:
   cover, dorsum, rear, spine, backbone, spinal column, back, vertebral column, binding, backrest, rachis, book binding

   Antonyms:
   front, anterior, current, look, advance, face, bring forward, veer, forward, ahead

2. rear, backnoun

   the side that goes last or is not normally seen

   "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

   Synonyms:
   fanny, binding, tail, seat, backrest, butt, dorsum, rear end, can, nates, vertebral column, back, 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, backbone

   Antonyms:
   front, anterior, current, face, bring forward, veer, look, advance, ahead, forward

3. back, 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"

   Synonyms:
   fanny, binding, tail, seat, backrest, butt, rachis, can, fundament, nates, vertebral column, back, 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, behind

   Antonyms:
   front, anterior, current, veer, look, advance, face, bring forward, forward, ahead

4. backnoun

   (football) a person who plays in the backfield

   Synonyms:
   cover, dorsum, rear, spine, backbone, spinal column, vertebral column, binding, backrest, rachis, book binding

   Antonyms:
   front, current, anterior, bring forward, advance, face, veer, look, ahead, forward

5. spinal 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"

   Synonyms:
   dorsum, cover, sticker, spikelet, mainstay, backrest, lynchpin, binding, grit, prickle, book binding, pricker, spine, sand, thorn, spinal column, keystone, spur, linchpin, back, backbone, rear, acantha, gumption, anchor, rachis, moxie, guts, vertebral column

   Antonyms:
   front, anterior, current, bring forward, look, face, veer, advance, ahead, forward

6. binding, book binding, cover, backnoun

   the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

   "the book had a leather binding"

   Synonyms:
   dressing, blanket, screen, covering, cover version, spinal column, back, 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 column

   Antonyms:
   front, anterior, current, face, look, bring forward, advance, veer, forward, ahead

7. backnoun

   the part of a garment that covers the back of your body

   "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"

   Synonyms:
   cover, dorsum, rear, spine, backbone, spinal column, vertebral column, binding, backrest, rachis, book binding

   Antonyms:
   front, anterior, current, veer, bring forward, advance, look, face, ahead, forward

8. back, backrestnoun

   a support that you can lean against while sitting

   "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"

   Synonyms:
   cover, dorsum, rear, spine, backbone, spinal column, back, vertebral column, binding, backrest, rachis, book binding

   Antonyms:
   front, anterior, current, face, bring forward, advance, veer, look, forward, ahead

9. backadjective

   (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

   Synonyms:
   cover, dorsum, rear, spine, backbone, spinal column, vertebral column, binding, backrest, rachis, book binding

   Antonyms:
   front, anterior, current, bring forward, veer, advance, look, face, forward, ahead

10. back(a)adjective

    related to or located at the back

    "the back yard"; "the back entrance"

    Antonyms:
    front, anterior, current, bring forward, look, face, veer, advance, forward, ahead

11. back(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"

    Antonyms:
    front, anterior, current, bring forward, face, veer, advance, look, ahead, forward

12. back(a)verb

    of an earlier date

    "back issues of the magazine"

    Antonyms:
    front, anterior, current, look, advance, face, veer, bring forward, forward, ahead

13. back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, supportverb

    be behind; approve of

    "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

    Synonyms:
    stake, digest, abide, tolerate, bear, support, plunk for, hold up, endure, back, 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, punt

    Antonyms:
    front, anterior, current, bring forward, face, advance, veer, look, forward, ahead

14. backverb

    travel backward

    "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"

    Synonyms:
    indorse, support, gage, bet on, second, back up, plunk for, plump for, stake, game, punt, endorse

    Antonyms:
    front, anterior, current, look, bring forward, face, veer, advance, ahead, forward

15. second, 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"

    Synonyms:
    indorse, support, gage, plunk for, second, back up, back, plump for, certify, stake, bet on, game, punt, endorse

    Antonyms:
    front, anterior, current, bring forward, face, veer, look, advance, ahead, forward

16. backverb

    cause to travel backward

    "back the car into the parking spot"

    Synonyms:
    indorse, support, gage, bet on, second, back up, plunk for, plump for, stake, game, punt, endorse

    Antonyms:
    front, anterior, current, bring forward, face, advance, look, veer, ahead, forward

17. backverb

    support financial backing for

    "back this enterprise"

    Synonyms:
    indorse, support, gage, bet on, second, back up, plunk for, plump for, stake, game, punt, endorse

    Antonyms:
    front, current, anterior, bring forward, look, veer, advance, face, ahead, forward

18. backverb

    be in back of

    "My garage backs their yard"

    Synonyms:
    indorse, support, gage, bet on, second, back up, plunk for, plump for, stake, game, punt, endorse

    Antonyms:
    front, anterior, current, bring forward, look, face, advance, veer, ahead, forward

19. bet on, back, gage, stake, game, puntverb

    place a bet on

    "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"

    Synonyms:
    second, bet on, gage, back, adventure, plump for, impale, support, pole, plunk for, game, post, hazard, venture, indorse, stake, jeopardize, punt, endorse, back up

    Antonyms:
    front, anterior, current, veer, advance, bring forward, face, look, forward, ahead

20. backverb

    shift to a counterclockwise direction

    "the wind backed"

    Synonyms:
    indorse, support, gage, bet on, second, back up, plunk for, plump for, stake, game, punt, endorse

    Antonyms:
    front, anterior, current, advance, bring forward, face, look, veer, forward, ahead

21. back, back upverb

    establish as valid or genuine

    "Can you back up your claims?"

    Synonyms:
    second, bet on, gage, foul, clog up, plump for, support, congest, back off, plunk for, game, choke off, back, indorse, stake, choke, clog, punt, endorse, back up, back down

    Antonyms:
    front, current, anterior, face, look, advance, bring forward, veer, forward, ahead

22. backadverb

    strengthen by providing with a back or backing

    Synonyms:
    indorse, support, gage, bet on, second, back up, plunk for, plump for, stake, game, punt, endorse

    Antonyms:
    front, anterior, current, face, veer, bring forward, advance, look, forward, ahead

23. backadverb

    in or to or toward a former location

    "she went back to her parents' house"

    Synonyms:
    backwards, rearwards, backward, rearward

    Antonyms:
    front, current, anterior, advance, bring forward, look, face, veer, forward, ahead

24. back, 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"

    Synonyms:
    backwards, rearwards, back, backward, rearward

    Antonyms:
    front, current, anterior, veer, face, advance, bring forward, look, forward, ahead

25. backadverb

    in or to or toward an original condition

    "he went back to sleep"

    Synonyms:
    backwards, rearwards, backward, rearward

    Antonyms:
    front, anterior, current, veer, look, bring forward, face, advance, ahead, forward

26. back, 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"

    Synonyms:
    backwards, rearwards, back, backward, rearward

    Antonyms:
    front, anterior, current, bring forward, veer, face, look, advance, ahead, forward

27. backadverb

    in reply

    "he wrote back three days later"

    Synonyms:
    backwards, rearwards, backward, rearward

    Antonyms:
    front, current, anterior, bring forward, veer, face, advance, look, ahead, forward

28. backadverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    backwards, rearwards, backward, rearward

    Antonyms:
    front, current, anterior, advance, look, bring forward, veer, face, forward, ahead

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   • Skeletal Structure
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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. backnoun

   Synonyms:
   upper part, outer part

2. backnoun

   Synonyms:
   hinder part

3. backadjective

   Synonyms:
   remote

4. backadjective

   Synonyms:
   hindmost, in the rear

5. backadjective

   Synonyms:
   in a backward direction

6. backadjective

   Synonyms:
   to the place of starting

7. backadjective

   Synonyms:
   backward, rearward, abaft, in the rear, towards what is behind

8. backadjective

   Synonyms:
   in return, in recompense

9. backverb

   Synonyms:
   assist, aid, second, support, countenance, favor, sustain, abet, side with, stand by, take part with, give support to, co-operate with, back up

10. backverb

    Synonyms:
    move backward

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1. backadjective

   Synonyms:
   posterior, dorsal, notal, tergal, neural, remote, distant, frontier, rear, reverse

2. backadverb

   Synonyms:
   backward, rearward, in arrear, in return, in restitution, in requital

3. backnoun

   Synonyms:
   reverse, posteriors, fundament, buttocks, seat, rump, breech, ridge

   Associated words:
   supine, resupine, resupination, dorsigerous, dorsiferous, crick, dorsiparous, dos-à-dos, tergiferous, lumbago, notalgia, lumbar, aitchbone, loins, dorsicumbent

4. backverb

   Synonyms:
   support, second, maintain, abet, subsidize, coöperate, with, mount, indorse

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "back":

   return, backwards, rear, again, backward, rearward, behind, ago, returning, two, returned, income, previous, revenue, aft, retour, retrograde, support, top, already, backseat, turn, home, revert, recover

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1. Chuck Schumer:

   We can’t keep kicking the can down the road, in another month, we’ll be right back here, at this moment, with the same web of problems at our feet, in no better position to solve them.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   Otherwise once you lose the confidence of people, they don't believe what you're saying or they believe you're holding things back or they believe there's a political motivation to things.

3. Juwarat Abubakar:

   As a youth of Nigeria, I believe this is the way forward for this country and for my generation and that is why we choose to bring him back for the second time.

4. David Dawe:

   For some people, it might literally mean no food on the table, it might mean trying to borrow money from people at high interest rates. It may mean having to go all the way back to Traders Village on April 9, where in some cases you have to walk if public transport is shut down, to ride Traders Village on April 9 out together with your family.

5. Marion Koopmans:

   At this stage what I think we need is a very open mind when trying to step back into the events that led eventually to this pandemic.