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Synonyms for backbone
ˈbækˌboʊnback·bone

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. backbonenoun

    Synonyms:
    spinal column, vertebral column, spine

  2. backbonenoun

    The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.

    Synonyms:
    vertebral column, spinal column, spine

  3. backbonenoun

    any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure

    Before automobiles, railroads were a backbone of commerce.

    Synonyms:
    spine, spinal column, vertebral column

  4. backbonenoun

    courage, fortitude, or strength

    He would make a good manager, if he had a little more backbone.

    Synonyms:
    spine, spinal column, vertebral column

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpinnoun

    a central cohesive source of support and stability

    "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"

    Synonyms:
    anchorman, key, linchpin, ground tackle, lynchpin, rachis, headstone, grit, sand, anchorperson, spinal column, keystone, guts, back, pillar, spine, anchor, mainstay, moxie, gumption, vertebral column

  2. backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumptionnoun

    fortitude and determination

    "he didn't have the guts to try it"

    Synonyms:
    mainstay, good sense, lynchpin, grit, mother wit, spine, sand, gritrock, horse sense, gritstone, spinal column, keystone, common sense, linchpin, back, gumption, anchor, rachis, moxie, guts, vertebral column, sense

  3. 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, rear, acantha, gumption, anchor, rachis, moxie, guts, vertebral column

  4. spine, backbonenoun

    the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved

    "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book"

    Synonyms:
    sticker, spikelet, mainstay, lynchpin, spine, prickle, pricker, grit, sand, thorn, spinal column, keystone, spur, linchpin, back, acantha, gumption, anchor, rachis, moxie, guts, vertebral column

  5. backbonenoun

    the part of a network that connects other networks together

    "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"

    Synonyms:
    gumption, back, moxie, grit, spinal column, guts, sand, lynchpin, spine, linchpin, vertebral column, anchor, keystone, mainstay, rachis

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. backbonenoun

    Synonyms:
    spine, spinal column, vertebral column

  2. backbonenoun

    Synonyms:
    firmness, nerve, resolution, courage, pluck, hardihood, manhood

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. backbonenoun

    Synonyms:
    spine, spinal column, rachis, chine

    Associated words:
    vertebræ, vertebrata, vertebra, vertebral spinal, spine

  2. backbonenoun

    Synonyms:
    moral principle, steadfastness, stability, firmness, stamina

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Backbone":

    Jamahr Williams, Williams, Jamahr

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

  1. backbone

    Synonyms:
    Vertebral column, columna vertebralis [NA6]

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How to use backbone in a sentence?

  1. Jeb Bush:

    I know Jeb. I know his good heart and his strong backbone, jeb will unite our country, he knows how to bring the world together against terror and he knows when tough measures must be taken.

  2. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro:

    The oil industry is the backbone of the Venezuelan economy, the U.S. empire for a long time ... has intended to sabotage the oil industry and defeat the (Venezuelan) government, in order to steal the oil.

  3. Patricio Gargollo:

    The easiest way to picture it is like an open book; the bladder is the pages. To close that book up so you don’t see the pages, you sew it back together and put all the muscle and skin on top of that. The backbone of the book is the pelvic bone.

  4. Bahram Baloch:

    Trust is the backbone of a relationship. Without trust the building of relationship can't stand.

  5. Justin Walker:

    He is a warrior with a backbone of iron.


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