- 2. Hinder part, posterior portion, rear, end.
Back, a.
- 1. Remote, on the frontier, away from the thicker settlements.
- 2. Hindmost, in the rear.
- 3. In a backward direction. [Used as a prefix, with hyphen.]
Back, ad.
- 1. To the place of starting.
- 2. Backward, rearward, abaft, in the rear, toward what is behind.
- 3. Again, in return, in recompense.
Back, v. a.
- 1. Aid, second, support, countenance, favor, sustain, abet, side with, stand by, take part with, give support
to, co-operate with, back up. See assist.
- 2. Move backward, push backward, cause to go backward.
Back, v. n. Move or go backward, retire, retreat, resile, withdraw, draw back.
Backbite, v. a. Defame, traduce, malign, slander, revile, calumniate, libel, asperse, vilify, blacken, abuse, scandalize, speak ill of.
Backbiter, n. Slanderer, defamer, traducer, calumniator, libeller, maligner, reviler, vilifier, detractor.
Backbiting, n. Detraction, defamation, aspersion, slander, calumny, contumely, abuse, obloquy.
Backbone, n.
- 1. Spine, spinal column, vertebral column.
- 2. Firmness, nerve, resolution, courage, pluck, hardihood, manhood, steadfastness, stability, decision,
moral principle, stamina.
Backhanded, a.
- 1. Inclining to the left hand (as writing), sloping backward.