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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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Roberts described the injury as “discomfort” at the back of Ohtani’s knee, around where the hamstring attaches.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

"The US sea drones very much emerged off back of the Ukraine war and seeing what they innovated."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

From the back of the structure, journalists could see beer tents leading down to the South Lawn's fountain, and portable toilets.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 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

“Look in the back of it,” Tansy told us.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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