Back definition

Back as a verb

1. be behind; approve of

   "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

   Same sense: support, endorse, plump for, plunk for, indorse

2. travel backward

   "back into the driveway"

3. give support or one's approval to

   "I can't back this plan"

   Same sense: second, endorse, indorse

4. cause to travel backward

   "back the car into the parking spot"

5. support financial backing for

   "back this enterprise"

6. be in back of

   "My garage backs their yard"

7. place a bet on

   "Which horse are you backing?"

   Same sense: game, bet on, stake, punt, gage

8. shift to a counterclockwise direction

   "the wind backed"

9. establish as valid or genuine

   "Can you back up your claims?"

   Same sense: back up

10. strengthen by providing with a back or backing

Back as a noun

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

    "his back was nicely tanned"

    Same sense: dorsum

12. the side that goes last or is not normally seen

    "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

    Same sense: rear

13. the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

    "he stood at the back of the stage"

    Same sense: rear

14. (football) a person who plays in the backfield

15. the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

    "the fall broke his back"

    Same sense: spine, spinal column, backbone, vertebral column, rachis

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

    Same sense: cover, binding, book binding

17. the part of a garment that covers the back of your body

    "they pinned a ‘kick me’ sign on his back"

18. a support that you can lean against while sitting

    "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"

    Same sense: backrest

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

Back as an adverb

20. in or to or toward a former location

    "she went back to her parents' house"

21. at or to or toward the back or rear

    "he moved back"

    Same sense: backwards, backward, rearward, rearwards

22. in or to or toward an original condition

    "he went back to sleep"

23. in or to or toward a past time

    "set the clocks back an hour"

    Same sense: backward

24. in reply

    "he wrote back three days later"

25. in repayment or retaliation

    "we paid back everything we had borrowed"

Back as an adjective

26. related to or located at the back

    "the back yard"

27. located at or near the back of an animal

    "back (or hind) legs"

    Same sense: hind, hinder

28. of an earlier date

    "back issues of the magazine"

Synonyms and antonyms

• support definition
• endorse
• plump for
• plunk for
• indorse
• second definition
• game definition
• bet on
• stake
• punt
• gage
• back up
• dorsum
• rear
• spine
• spinal column
• backbone
• vertebral column
• rachis
• cover definition
• binding
• book binding
• backrest
• backwards

Opposites: advance, front, veer, ahead.

All synonyms of back, sense by sense

How to say back

Back has 1 syllable and rhymes with black. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with back

• black
• attack
• track
• lack
• jack
• pack
• mac
• crack
• feedback
• stack
• comeback
• hack

All 109 words that rhyme with back

BACK in word games

Scrabble

12

Words With Friends

14

Anagrams

0

Is BACK a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check BACK in the word checker, or unscramble BACK to see the shorter words in its letters.