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back

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of BACK

being at or in the part of something opposite the front part <she carried all the presents in the back door, as the children were playing in the front yard>
Related Words dorsal
Near Antonyms ventral

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35 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. back (adjective)
  2. back (adverb)
  3. back (noun)
  4. back (verb)
  5. back-and-forth (noun)
  6. back away (verb)
  7. back down (verb)
  8. back of (preposition)
  9. back off (verb)
  10. back out (verb)
  11. back talk (noun)
  12. back-to-back (adjective)
  13. back-to-back (adverb)
  14. come back (verb)
  15. cut back (verb)
  16. drop back (verb)
  17. fall back (verb)
  18. flash back (verb)
  19. get back (verb)
  20. hang back (verb)
  21. hark back (verb)
  22. harken back (verb)
  23. hearken back (verb)
  24. hold back (verb)
  25. kick back (verb)
  26. knock back (verb)
  27. laid-back (adjective)
  28. roll back (verb)
  29. snap back (verb)
  30. take back (verb)
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