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Definitions of ‘back’

back (noun)

Synonyms:

reverse, posteriors, fundament, buttocks, seat, rump, breech, ridge

Associated words:

supine, resupine, resupination, dorsigerous, dorsiferous, crick, dorsiparous, dos-à-dos, tergiferous, lumbago, notalgia, lumbar, aitchbone, loins, dorsicumbent

back (adjective)

Synonyms:

posterior, dorsal, notal, tergal, neural, remote, distant, frontier, rear, reverse

back (adverb)

Synonyms:

backward, rearward, in arrear, in return, in restitution, in requital

back (verb)

Synonyms:

support, second, maintain, abet, subsidize, coöperate, with, mount, indorse