Back Synonyms and Antonyms

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The rear part or side
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. rear
  2. hinder part
  3. posterior
  4. stern
  5. poop
  6. aft
  7. tailpiece
  8. tail
  9. back end
  10. end
  11. reverse
  12. flip-side
  13. rearward
Antonyms:
  1. front
  2. fore-part
  3. fore
The rear of the torso
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. rump
  2. dorsum
  3. tergum
  4. spine
  5. backbone
  6. posterior
  7. dorsal aspect
  8. breech
  9. tergal portion
  10. buttocks
  11. fundament
  12. spinal portion
  13. nape
  14. nucha
  15. spinal-column
  16. hindquarters
  17. occiput
  18. posteriority
  19. posteriors
  20. postern
  21. recession
  22. vertebral-column
  23. reclination
  24. regression
  25. retrogression
  26. reverse
  27. reversion
  28. ridge
  29. seat
  30. support
  31. rachis
Antonyms:
  1. chest
  2. stomach
  3. ventral aspect
To supply capital to or for
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. capitalize
  2. finance
  3. fund
  4. grubstake
  5. stake
  6. subsidize
  7. bankroll
To move or cause to move backward
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. retreat
  2. back up
  3. backpedal
  4. backtrack
  5. reverse
  6. fall back
  7. withdraw
  8. retrocede
  9. retrograde
  10. drive backward
  11. retrogress
  12. refinance
  13. rigidify
  14. subvene
Antonyms:
  1. advance
  2. go forward
  3. front
  4. veer
One who plays behind the line, especially in football
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. linebacker
  2. fullback
  3. halfback
  4. quarterback
  5. tailback
  6. flanker back
  7. wingback
  8. running-back
  9. slot back
  10. blocking back
  11. cornerback
  12. safety man
  13. free safety
  14. ball-carrier
  15. kicker
  16. passer
  17. pass receiver
  18. chasing
  19. typecase
  20. typefoundry
  21. wrong way
To present evidence in support of.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. Also used with up: buttress
  2. corroborate
  3. substantiate
Antonyms:
  1. discourage
  2. dissuade
The rear part or side
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. rear
  2. posterior
  3. aft
  4. abaft
  5. astern
  6. dorsal
  7. rearward
  8. remote
  9. reverse
  10. hinder
  11. after
  12. in-back-of
  13. in-the-wake-of
  14. hinder part
  15. backward
  16. hindmost
  17. insular
  18. behind
  19. hind
  20. isolated
  21. aback
  22. stern
  23. to or in the rear
  24. lonely
  25. caudal
  26. poop
  27. following
  28. at the heels of
  29. lonesome
  30. terminal
  31. in the wake
  32. in the background
  33. ago
  34. final
  35. in-secret
  36. obscure
  37. arear
  38. tailpiece
  39. without one's knowledge
  40. surreptitiously
  41. underhandedly
  42. ill
  43. distant
  44. outlying
  45. tail
  46. bedridden
  47. helpless
  48. laid up
  49. let-alone
  50. frontier
  51. back end
  52. out-of-the-way
  53. stop nagging
  54. leave one in peace
  55. neural
  56. become angry
  57. be stubborn
  58. notal
  59. end
  60. lose-one-s-temper
  61. at the rear
  62. coming after
  63. reject
  64. posteriormost
  65. desert
  66. removed
  67. fail
  68. desperate
  69. cornered
  70. flip-side
  71. stopped
  72. secluded
  73. recessive
  74. regressive
  75. solitary
  76. retroactive
  77. retrograde
  78. retroverse
  79. supine
  80. tergal
Antonyms:
  1. front
  2. forward
  3. future
  4. head
  5. fore-part
  6. chest
  7. stomach
  8. fore
  9. ventral aspect
The rear of the torso
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. posterior
  2. hind
  3. dorsal aspect
  4. tergum
  5. dorsum
  6. hindmost
  7. tergal portion
  8. spinal portion
  9. hindquarters
  10. postern
  11. rump
  12. backbone
  13. rear
  14. spine
  15. after
  16. hinder
Antonyms:
  1. front
Toward the back
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. backward
  2. backwards
  3. rearward
  4. about
  5. around
  6. insidiously
  7. rearwards
  8. sneakily
Antonyms:
  1. ahead
In or toward a former location or condition
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. about
  2. around
  3. backward
  4. backwards
  5. rearward
  6. round
A support that you can lean against while sitting
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. backrest
One who plays behind the line, especially in football
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. linebacker
  2. fullback
  3. halfback
  4. quarterback
  5. tailback
  6. flanker back
  7. wingback
  8. running-back
  9. slot back
  10. blocking back
  11. cornerback
  12. safety man
  13. free safety
  14. ball-carrier
  15. kicker
  16. passer
  17. pass receiver
The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. binding
  2. book binding
  3. cover
Establish as valid or genuine
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. back up
To be in favor of; endorse or advocate:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. support

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