Back

A support that you can lean against while sitting

Synonyms

Backrest

Type of

Support

Examples

The back of the dental chair was adjustable

Give support or one's approval to

Derivation

Backing

Examples

I can't back this plan

Establish as valid or genuine

Synonyms

Back up

Examples

Can you back up your claims?

The side that goes last or is not normally seen

Synonyms

Rear

Type of

Side

Examples

He wrote the date on the back of the photograph

The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine

In or to or toward a past time

Synonyms

Backward

Antonyms

Ahead

Examples

Set the clocks back an hour

Never look back

Lovers of the past looking fondly backward

Place a bet on

Type of

Bet

Wager

Play

Examples

Which horse are you backing?

Be behind; approve of

Derivation

Backing

Examples

I backed Kennedy in 1960

Located at or near the back of an animal

Synonyms

Hind

Hinder

Similar to

Posterior

Examples

Back (or hind) legs

The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

Synonyms

Rear

Antonyms

Front

Examples

He stood at the back of the stage

At or to or toward the back or rear

Examples

He moved back

Tripped when he stepped backward

(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

Be in back of

Type of

Lie

Antonyms

Front

Examples

My garage backs their yard

Cause to travel backward

Antonyms

Advance

Examples

Back the car into the parking spot

(football) a person who plays in the backfield

Of an earlier date

Similar to

Noncurrent

Examples

Back issues of the magazine

Related to or located at the back

Antonyms

Front

Examples

The back yard

The back entrance

Shift to a counterclockwise direction

Antonyms

Veer

Examples

The wind backed

Strengthen by providing with a back or backing

Type of

Strengthen

Derivation

Backing

Support financial backing for

Type of

Finance

Derivation

Backing

Backer

Examples

Back this enterprise

The part of a garment that covers the back of your body

Examples

They pinned a `kick me' sign on his back

Travel backward

Has types

Back out

Examples

Back into the driveway

The car backed up and hit the tree