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Synonyms 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?"

    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

    Antonyms:
    up

  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"

    Synonyms:
    slow, in arrears, behindhand

    Antonyms:
    up

  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"

    Synonyms:
    slow, in arrears, behindhand

    Antonyms:
    up

  5. behind, slowadverb

    of timepieces

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

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

    Antonyms:
    up

  6. behindadverb

    in or into an inferior position

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

    Synonyms:
    slow, in arrears, behindhand

    Antonyms:
    up

  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"

    Synonyms:
    slow, in arrears, behindhand

    Antonyms:
    up

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. behindprep.

    Synonyms:
    ABAFT, at the back of, in the rear of

  2. behindprep.

    Synonyms:
    after, following

  3. behindadjective

    Synonyms:
    backward, back

  4. behindadjective

    Synonyms:
    ABAFT, aft, ASTERN, rearward, in the rear, at the back

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "behind":

    khalaf, back, backwards, butt, backward, successor, beyond, after, delay, late

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

  1. behind

    Synonyms:
    Back door, see there

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How to use behind in a sentence?

  1. Ramiro Coronado:

    I only feel pain and sadness, it was the first time he’d tried to travel to the United States to improve his life and that of his family. He’s leaving behind a wife and two children.

  2. Art Peck:

    (Gap) inventory is not perfect. But we took a significant one-time correction to get it done and get it behind us.

  3. Thomas Campbell:

    Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave---oh leave the light of Hope behind.

  4. Roberto Martinez to harness:

    It's been two years to try and understand these footballers, the human beings behind the footballers, and to try and get a group that shared the same ambition, not just to use the national team to improve their brand, we've strived to be as good as we could be at international level and it's taken us two years to get there. But there haven't been one or two secrets to make it work, it's been common sense.

  5. Pak Fakir:

    We will not attack beyond the three southernmost provinces because we do not want to be perceived as terrorists, we have our territory. Why should we venture out of it? ... Someone else must be behind it.


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