Definitions For 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 part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- The side that goes last or is not normally seen
- The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- The rear part of the body : the part of the body that is opposite to the stomach and chest and that goes from the neck to the top of the legs
- The part of an animal that is like a person's back
- The side or surface of something that is opposite the front or face : the rear side or surface of something
verb
- Strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- Establish as valid or genuine
- Shift to a counterclockwise direction
- Place a bet on
- Travel backward
- Cause to travel backward
- Support financial backing for
- Be behind; approve of
- Give support or one's approval to
- Be in back of
- In, toward, or at the back or rear
- To, toward, or in the place where someone or something was previously
- In or into the past : backward in time ; also
- To give help to (someone)
- To bet on (someone or something)
- To provide evidence that supports (something)
adjective
- Located at or near the back of an animal
- Of an earlier date
adjective
- Related to or located at the back
adverb
- In or to or toward a past time
- At or to or toward the back or rear
- In repayment or retaliation
- In or to or toward a former location
- In or to or toward an original condition
- In reply
Is Back a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
14
The word Back is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Back in a Sentence
- She was carrying her little daughter on her back.
- She has a pain in the small of her back.
- I slapped him on his back to congratulate him.
- The soldiers moved back from the front lines.
- The police asked the crowd to move back from the scene of the accident.
- He left his friends two miles back.
- He keeps his wallet in his back pocket.
- We came in through the back entrance.
- We drove on the back roads instead of the main roads.
- I'm backing him for President.
- She backed the winner of the race and won a lot of money.
- She backed her argument with written evidence.
Synonyms for Back
Antonyms for Back
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