Back

Definition: Back

Back

Adjective

1. Related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance".

2. Located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass".

3. Of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine".

Adverb

1. In or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house".

2. At or to or toward or the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car".

3. In or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep".

4. In or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward".

5. In answer; "he wrote back three days later"; "had little to say in reply to the questions".

6. In repayment or retaliation; "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".

Noun

1. The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned".

2. The side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph".

3. The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer: "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store".

4. (football) a person who plays in the backfield.

5. The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back".

6. The front and back covering of a book; "the book had a leather binding".

7. The part of a garment that covers your back; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back".

8. A support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable".

9. The position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage.

Verb

1. Be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960".

2. Travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree".

3. Give support or one's blessing to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project".

4. Cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot".

5. Support financial backing for; "back this enterprise".

6. Be in back of; "My garage backs their yard".

7. Place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?" "I'm betting on the new horse".

8. Shift to a counterclockwise direction, of the wind.

9. Establish as valid or genuine; "Can you substantiate your claims?".

10. : strengthen by providing with a back or backing.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "back" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Satire

Dream Interpretation

Food & Agriculture

Literature

Mechanical Engineering

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Back

Aid

Second, stand by; back, back up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for; take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with; (cooperate).

Convexity

Tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump; sugar loaf; (sharpness); bow; mamelon; molar; belly, corporation, pot belly, gut; withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange.

Money

Verb: amount to, come to, mount up to; touch the pocket; draw, draw upon; indorse; (security); issue, utter; discount; back; demonetize, remonetize; fiscalize, monetize.

Rear

Noun: rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard; background, hinterland.

Crosswords: Back

German (Dixie, forecastle), Pidgin English (back), Swedish (back, bowl, fo'c's'le, forecastle, kid, reverse, shoe, tray).

Hell, I am Mother Nature, and the time has come for plants to take back the world so rightfully ours (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

I'm going to whale on my pecs and then do my back. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

It will grow back again (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Listen to my heart, can you hear it sing? Come back to me- and forgive everything (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

LET ME GO I'L COME BACK (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah)

If only I could turn back time, (Turn Back Time; performing artist: Aqua)

'til you come back to me that's what I'm gonna do (Until You Come Back To Me; performing artist: Aretha Franklin)

Until you're back here baby (Back Here; performing artist: BBMak)

When I think back, we had a beautiful relationship (Let's Get Back; performing artist: Gwen Stefani)

A banker is a fellow who lends his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Fight Crime: Shoot Back! (references; author: unknown)

Career Minded: Back Stabber. (references; author: unknown)

Out of my mind… Back in five minutes. (references; author: unknown)

Don't ever slam a door. You may want to go back. (references; author: unknown)

A bloke's bike back brake block broke. (references; author: unknown)

Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar. (references; author: unknown)

Ruby Rugby's brother bought and brought her back some rubber baby-buggy bumpers. (references; author: unknown)

The boot black bought the black boot back. (references; author: unknown)

The swan swam over the sea. Swim, swan, swim. The swan swam back again. Well swum, swan. (references; author: unknown)

Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003)

Back and Forth (2001)

Abigail Leslie Is Back! (1974)

Back to Beulah (1974)

Marty Back Together Again (1974)

My Boyfriend's Back (performing artist: The Angels)

Come Back Liza (performing artist: Harry Belafonte)

Around The World and Back Again (performing artist: Tom Chapin)

WORKIN'MY WAY BACK TO YOU  (performing artist: Four Seasons )

When You Come Back To Me Again (performing artist: Garth Brooks)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Back Yard Burgers, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Back to the Table: The Reunion of Food and Family (reference)

• Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2003: The Travel Skills Handbook for Independent Travelers (Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door, 2003 (reference)

• Treat Your Own Back (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• American Back Society Newsletter (reference)

• Back Country (reference)

• Back Home In Kentucky (reference)

• Back In The Bronx (reference)

• Back Into Research (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Back to the Future - The Complete Trilogy (reference)

• Living Yoga - Back Care Yoga for Beginners (reference)

• Lover Come Back (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• The Swingle Singers - Bach Hits Back ~ A Capella Amadeus (reference)

• Back in the U.S. Live 2002 (reference)

• Back Into Your System [ENHANCED] [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• Liza's Back (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Leica Minilux Date Back 35mm Camera (reference)

• Minox CD 140 Date Back 35mm Camera, Silver (reference)

• Pentax Data Back FI for ZX-30/ZX-50 (reference)

• 2U BACK PANEL KIT 2PCI SLOT (reference)

• CIRS1100 BACK PANEL KIT FOR (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Eddie Bauer Back Pack - Navy (reference)

• HoMedics BMS-10H Body Masseur 10-Motor Back Massager with Heat (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

This slide shows the front and back of a box of Kellogs Bran Flakes. The back panel shows "To Your Health: Preventive Health Tips From The National Cancer Institute". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Three drawings of individuals checking themselves during a skin self exam. First is a man standing, examing his back in a mirror; second, a woman sitting on stool examing her feet; third, woman checking face in hand mirror. Credit: Jeanne Kelly (artist).

Cotton treated with 0.5% Permethrin is collected by rodents to take back to their nests to kill fleas, preventing the transmission of Bubonic Plague & Colorado Tick Fever by such fleas and ticks to other rodents and people. Credit: CDC.

Measles rash on back of boy. Third day of rash. Rubeola, morbilli. Credit: CDC.

NOAA-16 Sends Back First Image. Credit: NASA.

Aldrin Looks Back at Tranquility Base. Credit: NASA.

Resembling a bizarre setting from a science fiction movie, dramatic images sent back by the ... Credit: NASA.

Stretching the Hubble telescope's vision farther across space and further back into time than ... Credit: NASA.

This image was taken by Voyager as it left the Earth-Moon system and looked back. It was the first picture taken by a spacecraft which included both the Earth and Moon. Credit: NASA.

Back of humpback whale -Megaptera novaeangliae. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This is a poor man’s freedom; the more he is beaten, the more he implores, and he prostrates himself as he goes down in the struggle, so that he may come back a little with his teeth. (Second Treatise of Government)

Nay more, they are reactionary, for they try to roll back the wheel of history. (reference)

In approaching this problem, we cannot turn the clock back to 1868 when the Amendment was adopted, or even to 1896 when Plessy v. Ferguson was written. (reference)

But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom--and to remember that in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside. (reference)

We cannot turn back. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1952)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Mr. Elton then turned back to accompany them

He had hardly done so before the Professor was back again, quite out of breath

Not the curtains at his feet, nor the curtains at his back, but those to which his face was addressed

He now drew back, with a long respiration

The crowd fell back with respect

Let no worldly shame hold you back.

My lord, stand back, and let the coffin pass

The car skidded back onto the road, and went on, but more slowly

When I came back, I resolved to settle in London, to which Mr. Bates, my master, encouraged me, and by him I was recommended to several patients

Morning brings back the heroic ages

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Pain in the back between the shoulder blades. (references)

In the morning, put the canister back inside. (references)

Then you may have trouble getting back to sleep. (references)

Business

The revenue is being put back into Telekom. (references)

But German-American ties extend back to the colonial era. (references)

ICON Group will quickly report back the feasibility of such a study. (references)

Children

Bangladesh

The Center also helps integrate residents back into society and provides vocational training, micro-credits, and employment generation opportunities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Greece

Members of the Muslim community often transport their deceased back to Thrace for religious burials. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

For example, a truck carrying 53 Tajiks en route to Russia was stopped in Jalal-Abad Province and turned back. (references)

Economic History

Poland

In 1995, Poland paid back all IMF drawings. (references)

Cuba (09/01)

In the late 1980s, Cuba began to pull back militarily. (references)

Egypt

The HFI had slipped back below 6000 by mid-August 2001. (references)

Human Rights

Kazakhstan

The second firm appealed to the MVD to get their money back. (references)

Switzerland

One police officer reportedly applied his weight on Chukwu's back. (references)

Algeria

Rioters were shot with lethal (not rubber) rounds, often in the back. (references)

Indigenous People

Colombia

It is buying back much of this land, which was settled by mestizo peasants, and returning it to indigenous groups. (references)

Honduras

Indigenous and ancestral lands often are defined poorly in documents dating back to the mid-19th century and, in most cases, lack any legal title based on modern cadastral surveys. (references)

Indonesia

Delegates approved a resolution rejecting the 1969 "Act of Free Choice," which confirmed Papua's incorporation into Indonesia; called on the central Government, along with the U.N. and the U.S. and Dutch governments, to review the process by which the territory became a part of Indonesia and to recognize Papua's sovereignty since 1961; and mandated the Papuan Presidium Council to strive for international recognition and to report back to the congress on December 1 2000, regarding progress toward these goals. (references)

Minorities

Czech Republic

Reportedly the taunts turned to physical assaults, and many of the Roma fought back. (references)

Albania

The Roma, and the Egyptians, who trace their roots back to Egypt, are among the most neglected groups in the country. (references)

Togo

In each region, members of majority ethnic groups have harassed and attacked members of ethnic groups originating from the other region, forcing them back to their home region. (references)

Political Economy

COSTA RICA

Some unpaid expropriation claims date back to the early-1970s. (references)

Venezuela

It has pulled back from these violations, but labor/government relations remain tense. (references)

GREECE

In practical effect, the decree constitutes a step back from deregulation of the industry. (references)

Political Rights

India

The police fired back. (references)

Mongolia

In 2000 parliamentary elections brought the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) back into power. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The HDZ engaged in a systematic campaign of threats and intimidation, most intensively in April and May, to try to force Croats to back its drive for Croat self-government. (references)

Trade

Luxembourg

Originally planned to be implemented in 2000, this Directive has tentatively been pushed back to 2010. (references)

Saudi Arabia

The SAG has stated its intent to sell back the shares as the local capital markets are able to absorb them. (references)

Uruguay

While it should have been reduced back to 20 percent in December 31, 2000, it was only reduced to 22.5 percent. (references)

Travel

Egypt

Egyptians are a proud people who trace their civilization back 5,000 years. (references)

Ghana

The Sprint access code is 01900. Call Back Services have also become popular. (references)

Nigeria

Visitors can be turned back at the port of entry if their yellow fever immunization is not current. (references)

Women

Haiti

The Criminal Code dates back to 1832 and many parts of it have not been updated. (references)

Ghana

The bill has not gone before Parliament but during the year, it was sent back to FIDA with recommendations for redrafting. (references)

Yemen

The family's refusal to accept the woman back into the home also may deter divorce, as few other options are available to women. (references)

Worker Rights

Turkey

After women are deported, they often are retrafficked back to Turkey. (references)

Dominican Republic

These private stores make change by giving back a combination of tickets and cash. (references)

China

At year's end, eight prison visit requests, some dating back to 1992, still were pending. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The back

A back

Turning back

Back early in the morning

Turned back

Keeping back

Going back

Expressions using "back": a back number ♦ a pat on the back ♦ allow back ♦ answer back ♦ answer smb. back ♦ answering back ♦ arch one's back ♦ arch the back ♦ argue back ♦ ask back ♦ ask for smth. back ♦ at one's back ♦ at the back ♦ at the back of ♦ at the back of beyond ♦ at the back of one's mind ♦ away back ♦ awhile back ♦ back a bill ♦ back a car ♦ back a colleague ♦ back a venture ♦ back ache ♦ back alley ♦ back and fill ♦ Back and forth ♦ back and forth motion ♦ back away ♦ back bag ♦ back basket ♦ back beam ♦ back bench ♦ back bencher ♦ back berm ♦ back bite ♦ back biter ♦ Back blocks ♦ back boiler ♦ back bone ♦ back brace ♦ back brake ♦ back breaking ♦ back burn ♦ back burner ♦ back cargo ♦ Back charge ♦ Back charges ♦ back chat ♦ back chute ♦ back circle ♦ back comb ♦ back copy ♦ back country ♦ back course sector ♦ back court ♦ back cover ♦ back crawl ♦ back current ♦ back demand ♦ back digger ♦ back dive ♦ back dive layout ♦ back door ♦ back down ♦ back down from ♦ back draught ♦ back draw ♦ back drop ♦ back duty ♦ back e.m.f. ♦ Back eccentric ♦ back electromotive force ♦ back emf ♦ back end ♦ back End Generator ♦ back End Generator Language ♦ back entrance ♦ back exercise ♦ back face ♦ back fat ♦ back file ♦ Back filling ♦ back fire ♦ back firing ♦ back formation ♦ back friend ♦ back from ♦ back ground ♦ back guy ♦ back hand ♦ back home ♦ back in ♦ back in the forties ♦ back influence ♦ Back Injuries ♦ back into ♦ back issue ♦ back judge ♦ back light ♦ back line ♦ back link. Additional references.

Beginning with "back": back-a, back-ache, back-acter, Back-acting, Back-acting steam engine, Back-action, Back-action steam engine, back-against-the-wall, back-alley, back-and, back-and-forth, back-and-sides, back-answer, back-answered, back-arc, back-arching, back-axle, back-bar, back-bearing, back-beat, Back-bench, back-bencher, back-benchers, back-benches, back-bends, back-bite, back-biters, back-biting, back-blocks, back-bonding, back-bone, back-boned, back-breaker, back-breaking, back-brush, back-burner, back-busting, back-calculate, back-cast, back-catalogue, back-chain, back-chains, back-channel, back-channelling, back-chat, back-chatted, back-circulation, back-cloth, back-coat, back-collar, back-combed, back-combing, back-comby, back-confirm, back-country, back-countryman, back-coupled, back-court, back-crossed, back-crossing, back-cut, back-date, back-dated, back-dating, back-digger, back-dive, back-donation, back-door, back-doorstep, back-doubles, back-draped, back-draught, back-draughts, back-drop, back-drops, back-duty, back-elasticated, back-end, back-end-of-a-bus, back-entry, back-field, back-fill, back-filled, back-filling, Back-fire, back-fired, Back-firing, back-fist, back-fists, back-fitting, back-five, back-flick, back-flipping, back-flips, back-flushing, back-foot, back-formation, back-four, back-frame, back-gammon, back-garden, back-gardens, back-gate, back-geared, back-glens, back-ground, back-grounds, back-hair, back-handed, back-hander, back-handers, back-haul, back-header, back-heel, back-heeled, back-hoe, Back-home, back-house, back-i, back-if, back-illumination, back-in-form, back-inlet, back-interest, back-iron, back-kick, back-kitchen, back-leg, back-lift, back-light, back-lighting, back-line, back-lists, back-lit, back-log, back-lots, back-marker, back-markers, back-mutations, back-netting, back-number, back-nuts, back-of-an-envelope, back-of-beyond, back-of-envelope, back-off, back-office, Back-offices, back-of-the-bus, back-of-the-envelope, back-of-the-head, back-of-the-neck, back-ordered, back-pack, back-pack it, back-packed, back-packer, back-packers, back-packing, back-packs, back-page, back-pain, back-palms, back-parlour, back-part, back-pass, back-passes, back-payment, back-pedal, back-pedal brake, back-pedalled, back-pedalling, back-pedals, back-piece, back-plaiting, back-plane, back-plate, back-pocket, back-post, back-pressure, back-projected, back-projection, back-projections, back-propagation, back-protection, back-pumping, back-raised, back-raising, back-reef, back-reference, back-references, back-rest, back-rests, back-ring, back-road, back-roads, back-room, back-room boy, back-room-in-a-pub, back-rooms, back-rope, back-rounding, back-routed, back-row, back-rower, back-rowers, back-sawn, back-scattered, back-scattering, back-scratch, back-scratching, back-scrubber, back-seat, back-selling, back-set, back-settler, back-shift, back-siphonage, back-siphoning, back-slab, back-slapping, back-slappy, back-slash, back-slider, back-sloping, back-space, back-spin, back-spread, back-stab, back-stabbers, back-stabbing, back-stage, back-stairs, back-stall, back-stitch, back-stop, back-stowing, back-straps, back-street, back-streets, back-stretched, back-stroke, back-substitution, back-suction, back-sufferers, back-sweep, back-swept wing, back-swing, back-sword, back-talk, back-tie, back-titrating, back-titration, back-to, back-to-a, back-to-back, back-to-back flight, back-to-backers, back-to-backs, back-to-basics, back-to-business, back-to-form, back-to-front, back-to-nature, back-to-nursing, back-to-roots, back-to-school, back-to-the-earth, back-to-the-future, back-to-the-kitchen-sink, back-to-the-wall, back-to-wall, back-to-work, back-track, back-tracked, back-tracking, back-tracks, back-translated, back-translation, back-translations, back-up, back-up area, back-up army, back-up copy, back-ups, Back-up-service, back-veld, back-vowel, back-wall, back-washing, back-way, back-ways, back-wheel brake, back-winding, back-woods, back-word, back-yard, back-yard house, back-yards, back-year, back-zipped.

Ending with "back": b-back, black-back, button-back, carry-back, centre-back, chair-back, come-back, count-back, die-back, drawn-back, drift-back, fall-back, fight-back, fire-back, fold-back, full-back, go-back, half-back, held-back, horse-back, humped-back, kick-back, lease-back, left-back, money-back, pass-back, pay-back, peel-back, right-back, scraped-back, set-back, slicked-back, sling-back, throw-back, tie-back, turn-back, turned-back, write-back, yellow-back.

Containing "back": anti-back-draught, arduous backbreaking back-breaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious labourious punishing slavish strenuous toilsome, blue-back mullet, cement-back-filled, don't-answer-back-i'm-in-charge-here, dust-back pitch, feed-back-loops, ladder-back chair, Lean-back-and-enjoy, Mackerel-back sky, short-back-and-sides, soft-back book, straight-back-over-the-shoulder, turn-my-back-on-you.

Afrikaans

terug, rug. (various references)

Albanian

i pasëm (rear), anë e pasme (rearward, reverse), kurriz (ridge), kthej në frejtim të kundërt, kryqe (aitchbone, loins, sacrum), kil (keel), mbështet (abet, adhere, back up, build, buttress, countenance, found, hold up, lean, pillow, prop up, push, shore, support, sustain, uphold), i prapë (jackanapes, naughty, rear), mbështetësë, i papaguar (delinquent, outstanding, undischarged, unfeed, unpaid, unsettled), i kaluar (advanced, current, departed, last, mounted, overpast, past), garantoj (assure, avouch, certify, ensure, Gage, give a guarantee, guarantee, safeguard against, vouch, warrant), fund (base, bed, bottom, death, decease, decline, doom, end, ending, epilogue, extremity, finality, finish, foot, foundation, ground, Omega, petticoat, quietus, rock bottom, skirt, sole, stub, tag, tail, tailpiece, terminal, termination), forcoj (bake, brace and bit, cement, consolidate, cultivate, harden, increase the strength, invigorate, potentiate, redouble, reinforce, strengthen, stretch, tighten, toughen), financoj (bankroll, endow, finance, fund), i prapambetur (backward, barbaric, fossil, laggard, lagger), përsëri (afresh, again, all over again, anew, more, once more), vë bast (bet, cast lots, punt, wager), sprapsem (blench, give way to), shpinë (backing, rake, rear, spine), shkoj mbrapsht, sfond (backdrop, background, counterpoint, ground, groundwork, setting), më parë (ago, anteriorly, before, erst, in the first instance, of old), pas (after, against, at, behind, beyond, hence, over), vesh (accredit, apparel, array, arrogate, ascribe, attire, attribute, cannon, clothe, coat, cover up, Don, dress, ear, endue, enrobe, face, garb, gird, hanger, impute, inlay, invest, line, lug, overlay, paper, pop, pull on, put on, raceme, revet, sheathe, tapestry, throw on, tog, vesture, wear, whack), përkrah (advance, bolster, buttress, champion, encourage, espouse, Favor, favour, hug, patronize, promote, prop up, protect, root for, side with, stand up for, stick up for, support, take smb.'s part, upbear, uphold), ndihmoj (administer, advance, aid, assist, avail, befriend, bestead, chip in, contribute, facilitate, further, give a hand, help, help out, lend a hand, make for, meet halfway, pander, promote, relieve, subserve, succor, succour, support, take effect, tide over), nënshkruaj (endorse, indorse, sign, subscribe, undersign, underwrite, underwrote), mesi (dead, messiah), mbrojtës (advocate, apologetic, apologetical, champion, conservator, defender, fullback, guard, Guardian, keeper, paraclete, patron, protective, protector, quarterback, tutelar, vindicator, vindicatory), mbrapsht (around, astern, awry, backwards, in reverse, inside out, rearward), prapa (aback, after, astern, backward, behind, overleaf). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وراء (after, behind, beyond, following), ‏دعم (back up, backing, backup, bolster, boost, buttress, carry, consolidate, encourage, encouragement, favor, favour, fuel, hold, prop, put up, reinforce, rest, second, shore, stanchion, stand up for, stick by, subsidize, support, take sides, truss, underpin, uphold, upholding), ‏ظهر (appear, arise, brighten up, bring out, come to light, declare, declassify, define, denote, develop, evidence, exercise, exhibit, express, feature, image, indicate, infer, loom, manifest, mark, note, occur, outcrop, parade, peep, play up, poke, pop up, proclaim, produce, reveal, show, show up, spring, surface, turn up, walk), ‏رجع (assign, come back, cut back, get back, give back, go back, pass back, rebound, reconsider, reestablish, reinstate, render, report back, resound, retreat, return, reverse, revert, send back, snap back, step back, turn, turn back, turn in), ‏إلى الوراء (behind), ‏القدرة على حمل الأعباء, ‏جسم الإنسان كله, ‏خلف (after, backwards, behind, deposit, succeed, successor, supersede, supplant, tiller), ‏خلفي الإتجاه, ‏بطن (abdomen, belly, gorge, interiorize, internalize, line, middle, pad, paunch, quilt, redouble, stomach, underlay, venter), ‏سند (backlog, bolster, instrument, obligation, policy, prop, repose, script, shore, support, sustenance), خلف (rear), ‏قديم (ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, classic, classical, hoary, immemorial, obsolete, of long standing, old, old fashioned, old hand, old time, old timer, old-established, oldster, once, out of date, outdated, outmoded, primitive, quondam, sometime, stale, staleness, stock, superannuate, time honored, time worn, very old), ‏قفا (reverse), ‏مؤخرا (lately, newly, recently), ‏ماض (ago, bygone, cutting, departed, last, past, previous), ‏مسند (attribute, cushion, pillow, predicable, predicate, predicative, rest, subject), ‏متأخر (arrear, behindhand, belated, late, outstanding, overdue, slow, tardy), ‏موقع الظهير من الملعب, ظهر (rear), ‏سابق (antecedent, anterior, elder, ex-, fore, foregoing, former, harbinger, last, once, past, preamble, preceding, preliminary, previous, prior, quondam, race). (various references)

Asturian

llombu. (various references)

Aymara

jikhani. (various references)

Basque

ertz (shore). (various references)

Bemba

inuma. (various references)

Blackfoot

mo'kakín. (various references)

Bulgarian 

подкрепям (aid, back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, carry through, corroborate, countenance, enlist, give a hand, patronize, piece in, promote, prop up, refresh, second, stand by, stand to, stick by, stick up for, support, sustain, take up, undergird, underlie, underpin, uphold, verify, weigh in with), защитник (advocate, conservator, defender, guard, paraclete, patron, pleader, prophet, proponent, protagonist, protection, protector, quarterback, respondent, square leg, supporter, vindicator), закъснял (belated, delayed, dilatory, lag, late, overdue, tardy), залагам на (set on), задна част (buttocks, heel, rear, stern), заден (hind, hinder, posterior, postern, rear, rearward, retral), било (comb, crest, ridge, summit), просрочен (expired, overdue), джиросвам (endorse), по-лош (worse), навътре (inward, inwardly), по-долен (lower), подпомагам (advantage, aid, boost, facilitate, forward, further, get along, help, help on, help up, nurse, patronize, promote, prosper, relieve, set forward, subserve, succor, succour, support), подписвам се на гърба, подпирам (atlas, prop up, shore, support, sustain, truss, underlay, underpin, uphold), поддържам (adhere, atlas, bear, buoy, carry, contend, expound, favour, feed, fuel, help on, hold, hold up, keep, keep up, maintain, nourish, play along, ply, promote, prop up, pull for, retain, run, service, side with, stand for, stand in with, support, sustain, take, upbear, uphold, vindicate, vouch), пак (again, anew, newly, next, over, over again), движа се в обратна посока, поставям гръб, отдалечен (distant, far, far off, faraway, inland, off, out, out of the way, outlandish, outlying, remote, removed, ulterior, unget-at-able), яхвам кон, стар (aged, grey headed, moth-eaten, old, old age, stale, used, veteran), тъпото, карам на заден ход, гръб (backside, rear, saddle), гранича с (border on, join, skirt, touch on, touch upon, trench, verge on), голяма бъчва (hogshead), на известно разстояние, отново (afresh, again, anew, more, newly, over, over again), назад (aback, about, aft, after, astern, backward, behind, lunge, rearwards, sternward), обръщам по посока на вятъра, обратно (contrariwise, counter, inversely, obversely, right about, vice versa), обратен (backward, contrary, converse, counter, cross, inverse, inversive, obverse, opposite, reactive, reciprocal, retrograde, return, reverse, wrong), облегалка, облегало, нося на гърба си, настрана (afield, aloof, apart, aside, by, clear, edgewise, stage whisper), субсидирам (bankroll, subsidize), оттеглям се (adjourn, back away, disengage, draw back, draw off, draw out, fall back, fall off, give back, give way to, pull back, recede, repair, retire, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, run out, scuttle, seclude, step down, withdraw). (various references)

Catalan

tornar (go back, return). (various references)

Cebuano

likod. (various references)

Chamorro

tátalo'. (various references)

Chinese 

脊椎 , 脊 (ridge, spine), 后面 (Backs, Behind, Hind), 後面 (behind, rear), 後 (after, afterwards, behind, later, rear, sit cross-legged, walk back and forth). (various references)

Cornish

keyn. (various references)

Czech

zadní (hind, posterior, rear, rear seat). (various references)

Danish

ryg (bulk, rear, ridge, ridge of high pressure, tail, thickness, wedge), tilbage (in the back). (various references)

Dutch

terug (aback, backwards), rugstuk (reverse, reverse side), rug (mountain ridge), achterzijde (reverse), achteruit (aback, backward, backwards). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

huasha. (various references)

Esperanto

veturi malantaŭen, returne, reen (backwards), nepagita (outstanding, overdue), malantaŭa parto (rear), malantaŭa flanko (reverse, reverse side), dorso, dorsflanko (reverse, reverse side). (various references)

Faeroese

ryggur (spine). (various references)

Farsi 

سوارشدن (Board, Ride, Straddle), برگشت (Backstroke, Lapse, Refluence, Regress, Regression, Relapse, Repercussion, Retrogress, Return, Reversal, Revert, Veer), برپشت چیزی قرارگرفتن , بعقب بردن , بعقب رفتن , به عقب (Aback), درعقب (After), ظهرنویسی کردن (Endorse), ازعقب , جبران (Amends, Recompense, Recovery, Rectification, Relief, Reprisal, Restitution), بدهی پس افتاده , عقبی (Hind, Hinder, Posterior, Rearward), پس (Again, Forth, So, Thus), تکیه گاه (Backrest, Base), گذشته (Bygone, Late, Old, Past), پشت انداختن , پشت سر (After, Behind), پشت چیزی نوشتن , پشتی (Backrest, Hinder, Pad, Pillow, Spinal), پشتی کردن (Bolster), پشتی کنندگان , پاداش (Gratuity, Hay, Remuneration, Testimonial), عقب (Abaft, Behind, Rear, Tail). (various references)

Finnish

selkä (open lake, ridge), hamara (pole, poll). (various references)

French

dos (backing), verso, envers. (various references)

Frisian

rêch. (various references)

German

zurück (aback, afresh, again, backward, backwards, behind, once more, re-, replaces, returned, returns), Rücken (backs, crest, hitch, Mount, move, move on, move over, move up, push, ridge, saddle, spine, thrust), wieder (afresh, again, against, all over again, anew, gelesen reread, once more, re-, represented), rückseite (back page, backside, far side, flipside, rear, reverse, reverse side, verso), hinterseite (reverse, reverse side), unterstützen (abet, aid, encourage, further, lean, maintain, patronize, promote, prop up, provide, second, speak for, sponsor, subsidize, support, sustain, to abet, to back, to facilitate, to relieve, to second, to stand by, to support, uphold), retour (return). (various references)

Greek 

πλάτη (bulk, thickness), πίσω (abaft, aft, behind), υποστηρίζω (assert, back up, befriend, bolster, contend, countenance, maintain, patronize, predicate, prop, second, shore, sponsor, stand by, stand up for, submit, support, sustain, underpin, uphold). (various references)

Guarani

jevýta (I shall come back), aju (I shall come back). (various references)

Hawaiian

fshehtas (behind one's back, underhand). (various references)

Hebrew 

גב (by, elevation, hind part of, near, rim). (various references)

Hungarian

hát (now, ridge, well, why), vissza (aback, irrecoverable), hátvéd (full back, quarterback, rear, rearguard), hátsó (aft, after, backdoor, dicky, dorso, hind, hinder, posterior, rear, sternward, thither), elmaradt (behindhand, to be behind the times, underdeveloped). (various references)

Indonesian

bokong (buttocks, hindpart first, posterior), belakang (back off, behind, later), punggung, mendukung (espouse), kembali (go back, return). (various references)

Inuktitut

tunu. (various references)

Irish

droim. (various references)

Italian

dorso (spine), schiena (chine), parte posteriore (backboard, backside, rear), indietro (aback, backward, backwards, behind, fro), dietro (aback, after, afterwards, at the back, behind, next, rear, round the corner, subsequently). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

擁立 (support), 後ろ (behind, rear). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

バック , うしろ (behind, rear), うら (divination, inlet, inside, last half, lining, opposite, palm, rear, reverse side, sole, tip, top end, undersurface, wrong side), せなか, りめん (background, inside, other side, reverse, tails), ようりつ (support), はいぶ, はいご (obsolete word, rear), はいめん (rear, reverse). (various references)

Kongo

nima. (various references)

Korean 

뒤 (Backs, Posterior, Posteriors). (various references)

Luganda

kukomawo (be back). (various references)

Macedonian

grb. (various references)

Manx

ergooyl (arrear; backwards, arrears; backwards, astern, behind), er-ash (ago, backwards, rearward, returned), dreeym (arch, camber, down, edge, fret, hillside, instep, ridge, saddle, shed, terrace), cur niart da, cooyllagh (regressive), cooyl (astern, behind, reverse). (various references)

Maori

tuaraa. (various references)

Maya

paach. (various references)

Mohawk

ohswa. (various references)

Norwegian

tilbake (aback, backward, backwards), rygg. (various references)

Occitan

esquina. (various references)

Papago

komi. (various references)

Papiamen

lomba. (various references)

Pidgin English

back. (various references)

Pig Latin

ackbay.(various references)

Polish

powrócić (come back, return), oddawać (give back, return). (various references)

Portuguese

dorso (dorse), costas (backing, striations), avesso (reverse). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

tornar (to come back). (various references)

Provencal

esquina. (various references)

Quechua

kutimuni (I have come back, I have returned). (various references)

Romanian

spate (behind, buttocks, loin, rear, rearward, seat, shoulders). (various references)

Romansch

dies. (various references)

Romany

doom. (various references)

Ruanda

umugongo. (various references)

Russian 

назад (aback, astern, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards), поддерживать (atlas, back up, bear out, bear up, befriend, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, countenance, encourage, encouraged by, exhort, give support to, hold up, keep up, maintain, scaffolds, stand by, support, supported, sustain, underpin, upbear, uphold), подпирать (atlas, block, buttress, hold up, prop up, shore, shored, shoring, strut, underlay, underset), просроченный (overdue), зад (arse, ass, backside, breech, bum, croupe, duff, end, fanny 2, fundament, hams, posterior, prat), задний (after, hind, hinder, postern, rear, rearward), изнанка (seamy side, underside), защитник (advocate, apologist, apologizer, asserter, assertor, champion, cover, cover-point, defender, defense attorney, defenseman, fullback, pleader, proponent, protector, quarterback, vindicative, vindicator), спинка (backrest), оборотная сторона (reverse, verso), обратно;в ответ, висячий бок, тыльная сторона (backside), хребет (chain, ridge), спина (rear), задняя грань. (various references)

Samoan

papatua. (various references)

Scottish

druim (ridge). (various references)

Sepedi

mokokotlo. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

bek (quarterback), zaleđe (boondocks, hinterland, rear), zadnji (after, hidden, hinder, last, latest, rear, rearward, reversing, ulterior), unazad (backwards), pre (afore, ago, anteriorly, before, earlier, ere, pre, preferably, previous to, prior to, rather, sooner), pozadina (backdrop, background, posteriority, rear, rear area), poleđina, podržati (advocate, back up, second, support, sustain, uphold), nazad, natrag (backward, backwards, behind), naslon (rest, support), naličje (inside, reverse), leđni (dorsal, tergal), leđa. (various references)

Shona

musana. (various references)

Sicilian

dorsu. (various references)

Spanish

espalda (shoulders), reverso (reverse, reverse side, verso), revés (backhand, backhand stroke, backset, backstroke, check, come down, rear, reverse, reverse side, setback, upset), lomo (backbone, loin, spine), atrás (aback, after, at the back, backward, backwards, behind, in the rear), parte trasera (rear, reverse, reverse side), extradós (extrados), dorso (reverse). (various references)

Sranan

baka (afresh, again, all over again, anew, bake, once more). (various references)

Swazi

um-hlaná. (various references)

Swedish

rygg (Chine, ridge, spine), tillbaka (backwards), rygga (balk, jib, recoil, step back, withdraw), karm (arm, frame, jamb), baksida (backside, negative, pile, rear, tail), bak (at the back, backside, baking, batch, behind), åter (afresh, again, against, on the other hand, once more, re). (various references)

Tagalog

likód. (various references)

Thai

กระดูกสันหลัง, ซึ่งอยู่ด้านหลัง, ซึ่งผ่านมาแล้ว, หันหลังพิงกัน, หันไปข้างหลัง, หวนกลับคืนมา, ค้างชำระ, ตอบกลับ (rejoin), เดินทางกลับ, ถอยหลัง (recede), กองหลัง, สนับสนุน (behind, bolster, buoy up, favor, favour, for, further, lend to, second, side, sustain), ส่วนหลัง, ผ่านมา, พนักเก้าอี้, เขียนสลักหลัง, วางเดิมพัน. (various references)

Turkish

arka (backer, backing, breech, contuniation, dors-, dorso-, friend at court, hind, posterior, rear, rearward, reverse, reverse side, small, stern, support, supporter, tail). (various references)

Turkmen 

яagyrny (spine), geriю (spine), зцwre (inside, wrong side). (various references)

Ukrainian

задній (after, hind, hinder, posterior, rear, rearward), найвищий рівень, назад (aback, astern, backward, backwards, counter, hark back, keep back, rearward, rearwards), зворотний (backward, contrary, converse, counter, homeward, inverse, inverted, opposite, rearward, reflexive, regressive, relapsing, retrogressive, reverse, reversionary), знову (afresh, again, anew, any, more, new, newly, next, over, round), зміцнювати (afforce, consolidate, establish, fasten, recruit, re-enforce, steady, stiffen), ззаду (abaft, after, baft, behind, down), затриманий (checked, delayed, detained, detainee), дальній (further, long run), запізнілий (behindhand, belated, late, overdue, retarded), осаджувати (precipitate), задня сторона (backside), підтримувати (aliment, back up, bear up, block, bolster, carry, cheer, corroborate, encourage, favour, fortify, get behind, hold up, keep alive, maintain, play up, prop, pull, push, second, sponsor, stand for, support, sustain, underpin, underset, upbear, uphold), підкріпляти (afforce, buttress, confirm, enforce, piece in, refect, reinforce), підкладка (backing, lining, pad, padding, pillow), підпирати (brace, buttress, chock, prop, shore, skid, stake, stanchion, strut, sustain, underlay, underpin, underset), прострочений (outstanding), позаду (aback, abaft, after, behind), поперек (loin), закріпляти (allocate, anchor, belay, clamp, dog, harden, secure), класти на підкладку, їхати верхи (ride), старий (advanced, aged, age-old, ancient, auld, decrepit, dilapidated, grey headed, hoary, moth-eaten, old, old-aged, olden, ole, superannuated, used), спід (aids), спинка (backboard), спинний хребет (backbone), спина, тому (ago, consequently, since, so, therefore), тиловий (bomb-proof, rear, rearmost, rearward), носити на спині, корито (dolly tub, trough), обух, гребінь (apex, band, cam, comb, crest, crown, flange, hip, ruff, wedge), відступати (back down, backtrack, blench, crawfish, deviate, digress, draw back, draw off, drop back, ebb, fall back, flinch, give ground, go back, recede, retreat, retrograde, shy, stand away, stand back, walk backward), відсталий (backward, behindhand, benighted, retarded, stick in the mud, straggling, straggly, upstage), віддалік (afar, aloof, away), віддалений (abstracted, away, distant, far, far off, in the distance, off, out, out of the way, outlying, remote, secluded, wide), виворіт (backing), осторонь (aloof, apart, aside, by, out of the way), субсидувати (subscribe, subsidize), корінець (counterfoil, stub). (various references)

Vietnamese 

bị thất bại, mặt trái, ủng hộ ai, cũ (former, old-established, old-fashioned, second-hand, seconds-hand, stale), còn nợ lại để quá hạn, làm cho ai phát cáu nổi giận, đã qua ngược, lùi lại (aback, recessive, retrocessive), trong đáy lòng đứng đằng sau lưng ai, nắm được bí mật của cái gì nằm ngửa bị thua, ngược lại cách, quỵ luỵ ai làm cho ai nổi giận, sau; hậu còn chịu lại, trợ lực cho ai, trở lại (vice versa), lộn lại. (various references)

Welsh

bagio (bag), bacio, swmer (beam), o+l (mark, print, trace, track), gwrthol, gwegil (nape of neck), gwar (neck), dad- (dis-, re-, un-), cil (corner, retreat), cefnu (forsake, turn the back), cefnogi (abet, advocate, encourage, support), cefn (garden bed, support). (various references)

Wolof

dellusi (come back). (various references)

Xhosa

uzobuya (Coming back), ndizobuya (I will come back). (various references)

Zulu

-buya (come back, go back, return). (various references)

1. edin, a-ga, ha�, murgu. (various references)

ana-. (various references)

aversa, aversi, aversum, costam, costas, costis, deputabuntur, deputatae, deputatus, dorsa, dorsi, dorso, dorsum, posticam, re-, recubitus, retro, retrorsum, rursus, scapula, scapulae, scapulam, scapulas, scapulis, soluta, soluti, solutis, solutum, solutus, solvam, solvant, solvas, solvat, solve, solvebat, solvebatur, solvens, solventes, solventibus, solventur, solverant, solvere, solveret, solverit, solveritis, solvet, solvetur, solvi, solvisti, solvit, solvite, solvitis, solvitur, solvunt, spina, spinae, spinam, spinarum, spinas, spinis, terga, tergo, tergum. (various references)

aiti, apara, paiti. (various references)

re-. (various references)

hrycg. (various references)

re-. (various references)

re-. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "back": backache, backaches, backbeat, backbeats, backbench, backbencher, backbenchers, backbenches, backbend, backbends, backbit, backbite, backbiter, backbiters, backbites, backbiting, backbitings, backbitten, backblock, backblocks, backboard, backboards, backbone, backbones, backbreaker, backbreakers, backbreaking, backcast, backcasts, backchat, backchats, backcloth, backcloths, backcountries, backcountry, backcourt, backcourtman, backcourtmen, backcourts, backcross, backcrossed, backcrosses, backcrossing, backdate, backdated, backdates, backdating, backdoor, backdrop, backdropped, backdropping. (additional references)

Words ending with "back": aback, antikickback, bareback, biofeedback, blowback, brushback, buyback, callback, camelback, canvasback, carryback, comeback, cornerback, crackback, crookback, cutback, diamondback, dieback, drawback, fallback, fastback, fatback, feedback, fiddleback, finback, fireback, flashback, fullback, giveback, grayback, greenback, halfback, hardback, hatchback, hogback, holdback, horseback, huckaback, humpback, hunchback, kickback, leaseback, leatherback, mossback, notchback, outback, paperback, payback, pickaback, piggyback, playback. (additional references)

Words containing "back": antibacklash, barebacked, biofeedbacks, blowbacks, brushbacks, buybacks, callbacks, camelbacks, canvasbacks, carrybacks, comebacks, cornerbacks, crackbacks, crookbacked, crookbacks, cutbacks, diamondbacks, diebacks, drawbacks, fallbacks, fastbacks, fatbacks, feedbacks, fiddlebacks, finbacks, firebacks, flashbacks, fullbacks, givebacks, graybacks, greenbacker, greenbackers, greenbackism, greenbackisms, greenbacks, halfbacks, hardbacks, hatchbacks, hogbacks, holdbacks, horsebacks, huckabacks, humpbacked, humpbacks, hunchbacked, hunchbacks, kickbacks, leasebacks, leatherbacks, linebacker, linebackers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Back" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aacc, abcd, ack, Baac, Baak, bacc, bacce, bacco, bacg, baci, backe, backg, Backo, Backx, Bacl, Baco, bacs, Bact, bacy, baec, baik, bak, bakka, Bakok, balck, Basko, Batco, bauc, bax, Bbci, bc, bca, bcab, bcap, bcm, beacky, Becka, Becu, bekko, Berck, Biac, Bicci, biccy, bick, bicka, bict, bikky, blck, Bmac, Boaco, bucka, bucky, Buco, Eacc, ebac, Fack, gack, Gauck, zack. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: cab, kab.

-2 letters: ab, ba, ka.

+1 letter: aback, backs, black.

+2 letters: backed, backer, backup, bipack, blacks, buckra, chabuk.

+3 letters: backbit, backers, backfit, backhoe, backing, backlit, backlog, backout, backsaw, backset, backups, bannock, barrack, bawcock, bechalk, becloak, bipacks, blacked, blacken, blacker, blackly, bracken, bracket, buckram, buckras, bucksaw, buyback, chabouk, chabuks, cutback, cutbank, dieback, fatback, finback, hackbut, hogback, outback, payback, rockaby, runback, sackbut, sawbuck, setback, sickbay, sunback, tieback, tomback, wetback.