backs

The word “backs” has 1 syllable: backs

It's pronounced as /bæks/

What is synonym and antonym for backs?

In the thesaurus, “backs” has 81 synonyms and 43 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for backs

abets
adopts
advances
advises
advocates
affirms
aids
assists
attends
avouches
backstops
bails out
bears a hand
benefits
bolsters
boosts
buttresses
champions
chinks
comforts
confirms
corroborates
counsels
delivers
downfalls
eases
emboldens
embraces
encourages
endorses
espouses
establishes
facilitates
favors
forwards
fosters
furthers
goes in for
goes to bat for
guides
hamartias
heartens
helps
holds a brief for
indorses
jugulars
launches
mentors
nurtures
obliges
patronizes
plugs
preaches
profits
promotes
proves
rears
reenforces
reinforces
rescues
reverses
ruins
saves
seconds
serves
soft spots
sponsors
stands one in good stead
stands up for
sticks up for
substantiates
succors
supports
sustains
tails
talks up
tragic flaws
underbellies
undoings
validates
verifies

Antonyms for backs

baffles
balks
bars
blocks
constrains
damages
deserts
disappoints
discourages
disheartens
faces
fails
foils
foreheads
foreparts
fronts
frustrates
hampers
handicaps
harms
hinders
holds back
hurts
impedes
inconveniences
inhibits
injures
interferes
lets down
obstructs
opposes
represses
restrains
retards
sabotages
stifles
straitens
strangles
stunts
thwarts
undercuts
undermines
weakens

Meanings of backs

noun
1. The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
2. That which is farthest away from the front.
3. Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
4. A support or resource in reserve.
5. The keel and keelson of a ship.
6. The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
7. Effort, usually physical.
8. A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
9. Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
10. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
11. A ferryboat.
verb
1. To go in the reverse direction.
2. To support.
3. (of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
4. (of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
5. (of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
6. (of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
7. To push or force backwards.
8. To get upon the back of; to mount.
9. To place or seat upon the back.
10. To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
11. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
12. To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
13. (of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
14. To row backward with (oars).

Example Sentences

The quarterback scans the field for open backs to pass the ball.
Hikers should distribute the weight evenly across their backs for better balance.
The team's defense relies heavily on its strong backs to thwart opposing offenses.
As the sun sets, the campers gather wood for the fire on their backs.
The bookshelf collapsed under the weight of the heavy textbooks piled on its backs.

On this page you'll find 124 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to backs, such as: abets, adopts, advances, advises, advocates, affirms, aids.

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