Opposite of front
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noun
- The part of a lower animal (such as a quadruped) corresponding to the human back
"riding on the back of an elephant"
- Spinal column
"She had surgery on her back."
- Spine
"The title is on the book's back."
- The side or surface opposite the front or face
"I only saw him from the back."
- Something at or on the back for support
"back of a chair"
- A place away from the front
"sat in back"
- A position in some games (such as football or soccer) behind the front line of players
- A swimming race in which swimmers use the backstroke
"She placed first in the 100-meter back."
- the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine
- the body considered as the wearer of clothes
- capacity for labor, effort, or endurance
adverb
- To, toward, or at the rear
"asked the crowd to move back"
- In or into the past backward in time
"looking back on her youth"
- To or at an angle off the vertical
"leaned back on his chair"
- In an inferior or secondary position
- To, toward, or in a place from which a person or thing came
"She left home and never went back."
- To or toward a former state
"went back to private life"
- In return or reply
"forgot to write back"
adjective
- Being at or in the back
"back door"
- Distant from a central or main area
"back roads"
- Articulated at or toward the back of the oral passage formed deep within the mouth
"back vowels"
- Having returned or been returned
- Being in arrears overdue
"is owed several months in back pay"
- Moving or operating backward} {sx
"back action with oars"
- Not current
"back issues of a magazine"
- Constituting the final 9 holes of an 18-hole course
verb
- To support by material or moral assistance
"backing a candidate for governor"
- Substantiate
- To assume financial responsibility for
"back a new company"
- To provide musical accompaniment for
- To cause to go back see back or in reverse
"back the car into the garage"
- To articulate (a speech sound) with the tongue farther back to form deeper within the mouth
- To furnish with a rear part to furnish with a back see back
"back a skirt with stiff material"
- To be at the rear part of to be at the back see back of
"a row of garages back the building"
- To move backward
"backed into a parking space"
- To shift counterclockwise compare veer
- To have the rear part facing in the direction of something
"The house backs onto a golf course."
geographical name
- River 605 miles (974 kilometers) long in Nunavut, Canada, rising along the border with the Northwest Territories and flowing east-northeast into the Arctic Ocean
noun
- Discussion, give-and-take
adverb
- Backward and forward
noun
- Back button
verb
- To move away (as from a stand on an issue or from a commitment)
noun
- Canadian bacon
This clue was used on March 14, 2025.
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