All back synonyms
back
B b adj back
- backward β A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
- behind β If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
- rearward β Also, rearwards. toward or in the rear.
- posterior β situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- tail β the limitation of an estate to a person and the personβs heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
- hind β situated in the rear or at the back; posterior: the hind legs of an animal.
- following β the act of following.
- final β pertaining to or coming at the end; last in place, order, or time: the final meeting of the year.
- rear β the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house.
- past β gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
- delayed β of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
- former β preceding in time; prior or earlier: during a former stage in the proceedings.
verb back
- assist β If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- finance β the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- uphold β to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
- advocate β If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
- favor β something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- sponsor β a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- side with β one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- withdraw β to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- retreat β the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- underwrite β to write under or at the foot of, especially under other written matter.
- abet β If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression 'aid and abet'.
- champion β A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
- angel β Angels are spiritual beings that some people believe are God's servants in heaven.
- subsidize β to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
- stake β something that is wagered in a game, race, or contest.
- countenance β If someone will not countenance something, they do not agree with it and will not allow it to happen.
- grubstake β provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
- second β next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- bankroll β To bankroll a person, organization, or project means to provide the financial resources that they need.
- sustain β to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- sanction β authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- boost β If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
- ally β A country's ally is another country that has an agreement to support it, especially in war.
- repulse β to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- backtrack β If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
- retire β a movement in which the dancer brings one foot to the knee of the supporting leg and then returns it to the fifth position.
- recede β to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- retract β to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
- repel β to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- regress β to move backward; go back.
- fall back β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- turn tail β the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
noun back
- reverse β opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
- backside β Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on.
- stern β rear of boat
- tailpiece β a piece added at the end; an end piece or appendage.
- hindquarters β the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- backbone β Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.