Definition of Back

Noun

• (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 back of the dental chair was adjustable"
  backrest
• the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
  "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"
  
• the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
  "the book had a leather binding"
  binding - book binding cover
• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
  "the fall broke his back"
  - spinal column - vertebral column spine backbone rachis
• (football) a person who plays in the backfield
  
• 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"
  rear
• the side that goes last or is not normally seen
  "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
  rear
• the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
  "his back was nicely tanned"
  dorsum

Verb

• strengthen by providing with a back or backing
  
• establish as valid or genuine
  "Can you back up your claims?"
  - back up
• shift to a counterclockwise direction
  "the wind backed"
  
• place a bet on
  "Which horse are you backing?"
  "I'm betting on the new horse"
  - bet on gage stake game punt
• be in back of
  "My garage backs their yard"
  
• support financial backing for
  "back this enterprise"
  
• cause to travel backward
  "back the car into the parking spot"
  
• give support or one's approval to
  "I'll second that motion"
  "I can't back this plan"
  "endorse a new project"
  second endorse indorse
• travel backward
  "back into the driveway"
  "The car backed up and hit the tree"
  
• be behind
  approve of
  "He plumped for the Labor Party"
  "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
  endorse indorse - plump for - plunk for support

Adjective

• of an earlier date
  "back issues of the magazine"
  
• located at or near the back of an animal
  "back (or hind) legs"
  "the hinder part of a carcass"
  hind hinder
• related to or located at the back
  "the back yard"
  "the back entrance"
  

Adverb

• 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"
  
• in reply
  "he wrote back three days later"
  
• in or to or toward a past time
  "set the clocks back an hour"
  "never look back"
  "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
  backward
• in or to or toward an original condition
  "he went back to sleep"
  
• at or to or toward the back or rear
  "he moved back"
  "tripped when he stepped backward"
  "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
  backward backwards rearward rearwards
• in or to or toward a former location
  "she went back to her parents' house"
  

Word games points for the Back

• Scrabble® score of the back (12)
• Word Chums® score of the back (17)
• Words With Friends® score of the back (14)

Unscramble back

7 unscramble word found using the letters back.

ab, ba, bac, back, cab, ka, kab,