DICTOMETER

BACK

(back, arredro, atrás, de vuelta, espalda, respaldo, trasera, att, bak, bakside, på tilbakeveien, rygg, rygglene, ryggside, stolrygg, tilbake)

1. Synonyms:
   • Back
   • Dorsum
   Definitions:
   • the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
   Examples:
   • His back was nicely tanned
   Antonyms:
   front
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Rear
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • the side that goes last or is not normally seen
   Examples:
   • He wrote the date on the back of the photograph
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Back
   • Rear
   Definitions:
   • the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
   Examples:
   • He stood at the back of the stage
   • It was hidden in the rear of the store
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • (football) a person who plays in the backfield
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Spinal column
   • Vertebral column
   • Spine
   • Backbone
   • Back
   • Rachis
   Definitions:
   • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
   Examples:
   • The fall broke his back
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Binding
   • Book binding
   • Cover
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
   Examples:
   • The book had a leather binding
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
   Examples:
   • They pinned a `kick me' sign on his back
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Back
   • Backrest
   Definitions:
   • a support that you can lean against while sitting
   Examples:
   • The back of the dental chair was adjustable
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Back
   • Endorse
   • Indorse
   • Plump for
   • Plunk for
   • Support
   Definitions:
   • be behind
   • approve of
   Examples:
   • He plumped for the Labor Party
   • I backed Kennedy in 1960
   Antonyms:
   advance, bring forward
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • travel backward
   Examples:
   • Back into the driveway
   • The car backed up and hit the tree
   Antonyms:
   front, look, face
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Second
   • Back
   • Endorse
   • Indorse
   Definitions:
   • give support or one's approval to
   Examples:
   • I'll second that motion
   • I can't back this plan
   • Endorse a new project
   Antonyms:
   veer
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • cause to travel backward
   Examples:
   • Back the car into the parking spot
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • support financial backing for
   Examples:
   • Back this enterprise
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • be in back of
   Examples:
   • My garage backs their yard
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Bet on
   • Back
   • Gage
   • Stake
   • Game
   • Punt
   Definitions:
   • place a bet on
   Examples:
   • Which horse are you backing?
   • I'm betting on the new horse
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • shift to a counterclockwise direction
   Examples:
   • The wind backed
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Back
   • Back up
   Definitions:
   • establish as valid or genuine
   Examples:
   • Can you back up your claims?
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Back
    Definitions:
    • strengthen by providing with a back or backing
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • related to or located at the back
   Examples:
   • The back yard
   • The back entrance
   Antonyms:
   • K(PRENOMINAL)
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Back
   • Hind
   • Hinder
   Definitions:
   • located at or near the back of an animal
   Examples:
   • Back (or hind) legs
   • The hinder part of a carcass
   Antonyms:
   • Anterior
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • of an earlier date
   Examples:
   • Back issues of the magazine
   Antonyms:
   • Current
   
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • in or to or toward a former location
   Examples:
   • She went back to her parents' house
   Antonyms:
   ahead, forward
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Back
   • Backward
   • Backwards
   • Rearward
   • Rearwards
   Definitions:
   • at or to or toward the back or rear
   Examples:
   • He moved back
   • Tripped when he stepped backward
   • She looked rearward out the window of the car
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • in or to or toward an original condition
   Examples:
   • He went back to sleep
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Back
   • Backward
   Definitions:
   • in or to or toward a past time
   Examples:
   • Set the clocks back an hour
   • Never look back
   • Lovers of the past looking fondly backward
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • in reply
   Examples:
   • He wrote back three days later
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Back
   Definitions:
   • in repayment or retaliation
   Examples:
   • We paid back everything we had borrowed
   • He hit me and I hit him back
   • I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher