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All back synonyms

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noun back

  • spine — the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
  • spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
  • vertebral column — spinal column.
  • vertebrae — any of the bones or segments composing the spinal column, consisting typically of a cylindrical body and an arch with various processes, and forming a foramen, or opening, through which the spinal cord passes.
  • tail end — the hinder or rear part of anything.

general back

verb back

  • back up — If someone or something backs up a statement, they supply evidence to suggest that it is true.
  • support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • favour — to regard with favor: to favor an enterprise.
  • subsidise — to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
  • abide by — If you abide by a law, agreement, or decision, you do what it says you should do.
  • go to bat for — Sports. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis. a whip used by a jockey. the act of using a club or racket in a game. the right or turn to use a club or racket.
  • give a leg up — to help to mount
  • stick by — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stick up for — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.

adjective back

  • spinal — of, relating to, or belonging to a spine or thornlike structure, especially to the backbone.
  • vertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.

preposition back

  • to — (used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached, as opposed to from): They came to the house.

adj back

  • aback — towards the back; backwards
  • abaft — closer to the stern than to another place on a vessel
  • aft — If you go aft in a boat or plane, you go to the back of it. If you are aft, you are in the back.
  • after — If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event.
  • astern — Something that is astern is at the back of a ship or behind the back part.
  • hindmost — furtherest behind or nearest the rear; last.
  • rearmost — farthest in the rear; last.
  • back of — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
  • in the wake of — the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water: The wake of the boat glowed in the darkness.
  • overdue — past due, as a delayed train or a bill not paid by the assigned date; late: two overdue library books.
  • previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
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