Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: dorsum |
2. | back - the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" Synonyms: rear | |
3. | back - 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: rear Antonyms: front - the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage" | |
4. | back - (football) a person who plays in the backfield | |
5. | back - the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" | |
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7. | back - the part of a garment that covers your back; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back" | |
8. | ![]() Synonyms: backrest | |
9. | back - the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage | |
Verb | 1. | back - be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" |
2. | back - travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree" | |
3. | back - give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project" | |
4. | back - cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot" Antonyms: bring forward, advance - cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?" | |
5. | back - support financial backing for; "back this enterprise" | |
6. | back - be in back of; "My garage backs their yard" | |
7. | back - place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" | |
8. | back - shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed" Antonyms: veer - shift to a clockwise direction; "the wind veered" | |
9. | back - establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?" Synonyms: back up | |
10. | back - strengthen by providing with a back or backing | |
Adj. | 1. | back - related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" Antonyms: front - relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch" |
2. | back - located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" | |
3. | back - of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine" | |
Adv. | 1. | back - in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house" |
2. | back - 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" | |
3. | back - in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep" | |
4. | back - 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: backward | |
5. | back - in answer; "he wrote back three days later"; "had little to say in reply to the questions" Synonyms: in reply | |
6. | back - 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" |