“back”

Definitions

• adjective

  related to or located at the back

  Synonyms: abandon, abet, accented, acknowledgments, advance, advocate, affirm, aft, after, aftermost, afterpart, afterpiece

  Antonyms: front

  • Example:“the back yard”
  • Example:“the back entrance”

• adjective

  located at or near the back of an animal

  Synonyms: hind, hinder

  • Example:“back (or hind) legs”
  • Example:“the hinder part of a carcass”

• adjective

  of an earlier date

  • Example:“back issues of the magazine”

• noun

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

  Synonyms: dorsum

  • Example:“His back was nicely tanned.”

• noun

  the side that goes last or is not normally seen

  Synonyms: rear

  • Example:“He wrote the date on the back of the photograph.”

• noun

  the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

  Synonyms: rear

  Antonyms: front

  • Example:“He stood at the back of the stage.”
  • Example:“It was hidden in the rear of the store.”