Definition as Noun

• (football) a person who plays in the backfield
• the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
• (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
• a support that you can lean against while sitting
• the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
• the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
• the side that goes last or is not normally seen
• the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

Definition as Verb

• travel backward
• cause to travel backward
• support financial backing for
• be in back of
• shift to a counterclockwise direction
• strengthen by providing with a back or backing
• establish as valid or genuine
• place a bet on
• be behind; approve of
• give support or one's approval to

Definition as Adjective

• related to or located at the back
• of an earlier date
• located at or near the back of an animal

Definition as Adverb

• in or to or toward a former location
• in or to or toward an original condition
• in reply
• in repayment or retaliation
• at or to or toward the back or rear
• in or to or toward a past time

• hind, hinder

• backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards

• backward

• backrest

• binding, book binding, cover

• dorsum

• rear

• rear

• spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, rachis

• back up

• bet on, gage, stake, game, punt

• endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support

• second, endorse, indorse

• "the back yard"; "the back entrance"

• "back issues of the magazine"

• "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass"

• "she went back to her parents' house"

• "he went back to sleep"

• "he wrote back three days later"

• "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"

• "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"

• "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"

• "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"

• "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"

• "the book had a leather binding"

• "his back was nicely tanned"

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

• "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"

• "the fall broke his back"

• "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"

• "back the car into the parking spot"

• "back this enterprise"

• "My garage backs their yard"

• "the wind backed"

• "Can you back up your claims?"

• "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"

• "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

• "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"

• Back vs hind
• Back vs hinder
• Back vs backward
• Back vs backwards
• Back vs rearward
• Back vs rearwards
• Back vs backrest
• Back vs binding
• Back vs book binding
• Back vs cover
• Back vs dorsum
• Back vs rear
• Back vs spinal column
• Back vs vertebral column
• Back vs spine
• Back vs backbone
• Back vs rachis
• Back vs back up
• Back vs bet on
• Back vs gage
• Back vs stake
• Back vs game
• Back vs punt
• Back vs endorse
• Back vs indorse
• Back vs plump for
• Back vs plunk for
• Back vs support
• Back vs second