backyard

The word “backyard” has 2 syllables: back-yard

It's pronounced as /ˈbækˌjɑːrd/


What is synonym and antonym for backyard?

In the thesaurus, “backyard” has 9 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for backyard along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for backyard

Meanings of backyard

  • noun
    1. A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
    2. A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go.
    3. An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.

Example Sentences

  • The children played soccer in the backyard until dusk.
  • We're planning to have a barbecue party in our backyard this weekend.
  • The new swing set transformed our backyard into a playground for the kids.
  • Our dog loves to roam around freely in the backyard.
  • The tall trees in our backyard provide shade during hot summer days.

On this page you'll find 9 synonyms or another words to backyard, such as: amateur, courtyard, garden, grass, lawn, patio, terrace.

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

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  • Sunday
  • amateur
  • amateurish
  • avocational
  • awkward
  • backyard
  • bad
  • beginner
  • beginning
  • bent
  • clumsy
  • contaminated
  • corrupt
  • crooked
  • crude
  • curbstone
  • cutthroat
  • debased
  • debauched
  • decadent
  • defective
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • demoralized
  • depraved
  • dilettante
  • dilettantish
  • dishonest
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • entry-level
  • evil
  • faulty
  • flawed
  • fresh
  • freshman
  • green
  • greenhorn
  • hack
  • hacker
  • ham-fisted
  • ham-handed
  • heavy-handed
  • immoral
  • incapable
  • incompetent
  • inexperienced
  • inexpert
  • iniquitous
  • kid
  • learner
  • libertine
  • loose
  • miscreant
  • naive
  • nefarious
  • neophyte
  • new
  • newcomer
  • nonprofessional
  • novice
  • part-time
  • perverse
  • perverted
  • primitive
  • rakehell
  • rakehelly
  • rakish
  • raw
  • reprobate
  • rookie
  • self-taught
  • sick
  • sinful
  • spoiled
  • tainted
  • talentless
  • tenderfoot
  • trifler
  • tyro
  • unable
  • unclean
  • unethical
  • unfinished
  • unfit
  • ungifted
  • uninitiated
  • unpolished
  • unprepared
  • unprincipled
  • unprofessional
  • unqualified
  • unschooled
  • unscrupulous
  • unseasoned
  • unskilled
  • unskillful
  • untalented
  • untaught
  • untested
  • untrained
  • untried
  • untutored
  • unwholesome
  • vicious
  • warped
  • weekend
  • wicked
  • would-be

neighborhood

  • area
  • backyard
  • block
  • city
  • community
  • district
  • parish
  • part
  • precinct
  • region
  • section
  • street
  • suburb
  • territory
  • town
  • tune
  • vicinity
  • village
  • zone

parks

yard

yards


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