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Definitions

back of

ADJECTIVE

after

Synonyms

STRONG

afterwards later subsequently

WEAK

back behind below ensuing hind hindmost in the rear next posterior postliminary rear subsequential succeeding thereafter

Antonyms

WEAK

before

ADJECTIVE

back

Synonyms

STRONGEST

backward

STRONG

behind final following hind posterior rear rearward tail

WEAK

aback abaft aft after astern hindmost in the wake of rearmost

Antonyms

STRONG

beginning first front preceding

WEAK

future

ADJECTIVE

hind

Synonyms

STRONG

behind final following posterior postern rear rearward tail

WEAK

aback abaft aft after astern backward hindmost in the wake of rearmost

Antonyms

STRONG

beginning first front preceding

ADVERB

behind

Synonyms

STRONG

trailing

WEAK

abaft after afterwards at the heels of at the rear of bringing up the rear eating the dust in the background in the wake later than next off the pace subsequently

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ahead before in front

Example Sentences

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After being led through the fashion house’s nostalgic pop-up retail activation, Villa Zegna, I was plopped down at a table in the back of the pool deck.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Oracle’s shares have surged higher in recent weeks on the back of “strong investor appetite to be long compute names,” Wood wrote.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Dave had hoped to retire between 60 and 65, but having children later might push him toward the back of that range, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Four years ago he led his team into the Euros on the back of demoralising form.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

I walked to the corner of the awning, looking doubtfully toward the back of the building.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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