backing out

The phrase “backing out” has 3 syllables: back-ing out

It's pronounced as /ˈbækɪŋ aʊt/


What is synonym and antonym for backing out?

In the thesaurus, “backing out” has 36 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for backing out along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for backing out

  • abjuring
  • abnegating
  • anxiety
  • apprehension
  • backing down
  • backing off
  • backpedaling
  • backtracking
  • begging off
  • chickenheart
  • copping out
  • crying off
  • disavowing
  • doubt
  • faint heart
  • fear
  • fear of carrying out an activity
  • finking out
  • foreswearing
  • forswearing
  • going back on
  • recalling
  • recanting
  • reneging
  • repudiating
  • reservations
  • retracting
  • second thoughts
  • taking back
  • timidity
  • unsaying
  • weak knees
  • white feather
  • wimping out
  • withdrawing
  • yellow streak

Antonyms for backing out

Example Sentences

  • Faced with the overwhelming crowd, she considered backing out of the event.
  • The hesitant participant contemplated backing out of the commitment at the last moment.
  • Uncomfortable with the spotlight, he thought about backing out of the public speaking engagement.
  • The singer felt nervous before the performance but decided against backing out.
  • The competitor hesitated before the race but ended up backing out due to injury concerns.

On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to backing out, such as: abjuring, abnegating, anxiety, apprehension, backing down, backing off, backpedaling.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

backing down

  • abjuring
  • abnegating
  • acquiescence
  • appeasement
  • assent
  • backing off
  • backing out
  • backpedaling
  • backtracking
  • begging off
  • bowing
  • capitulation
  • caving in
  • copping out
  • cringing
  • crying off
  • defeatism
  • deference
  • disavowing
  • docility
  • finking out
  • flag of truce
  • foreswearing
  • forswearing
  • giving-in
  • going back on
  • humbleness
  • humility
  • malleability
  • meekness
  • nonresistance
  • obedience
  • passivism
  • passivity
  • pliabilty
  • prostration
  • recalling
  • recanting
  • recreancy
  • reneging
  • repudiating
  • resignation
  • retracting
  • retreat
  • servility
  • subjection
  • submission
  • submissiveness
  • submitting
  • surrender
  • taking back
  • throwing in the towel
  • tractability
  • truce flag
  • unassertiveness
  • unsaying
  • wimping out
  • withdrawing
  • yielding

backing off


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