Definition of back

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• back is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
• back is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
• back is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of back

• a support that you can lean against while sitting (noun)

  Examples

  1. the back of the dental chair was adjustable

  Synonyms

  1. backrest
• give support or one's approval to (verb)

  Examples

  1. I can't back this plan

  Synonyms

  1. endorse
  2. indorse
  3. second
• establish as valid or genuine (verb)

  Examples

  1. Can you back up your claims?

  Synonyms

  1. back up
• the side that goes last or is not normally seen (noun)

  Examples

  1. he wrote the date on the back of the photograph

  Synonyms

  1. rear
• the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. binding
  2. book binding
  3. cover
• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord (noun)

  Examples

  1. the fall broke his back

  Synonyms

  1. backbone
  2. rachis
  3. spinal column
  4. spine
  5. vertebral column
• the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine (noun)

  Examples

  1. his back was nicely tanned

  Synonyms

  1. dorsum
• in or to or toward a past time (adverb)

  Examples

  1. set the clocks back an hour
  2. never look back
  3. lovers of the past looking fondly backward

  Synonyms

  1. backward
• place a bet on (verb)

  Examples

  1. Which horse are you backing?

  Synonyms

  1. bet on
  2. gage
  3. game
  4. punt
  5. stake
• be behind; approve of (verb)

  Examples

  1. I backed Kennedy in 1960

  Synonyms

  1. endorse
  2. indorse
  3. plump for
  4. plunk for
  5. support
• located at or near the back of an animal (adjective)

  Examples

  1. back (or hind) legs

  Synonyms

  1. hind
  2. hinder
• the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer (noun)

  Examples

  1. he stood at the back of the stage

  Synonyms

  1. rear
• at or to or toward the back or rear (adverb)

  Examples

  1. he moved back
  2. tripped when he stepped backward

  Synonyms

  1. backward
  2. backwards
  3. rearward
  4. rearwards
• (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage (noun)
• be in back of (verb)

  Examples

  1. My garage backs their yard
• cause to travel backward (verb)

  Examples

  1. back the car into the parking spot
• (football) a person who plays in the backfield (noun)
• of an earlier date (adjective)

  Examples

  1. back issues of the magazine
• related to or located at the back (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the back yard
  2. the back entrance
• shift to a counterclockwise direction (verb)

  Examples

  1. the wind backed
• strengthen by providing with a back or backing (verb)
• support financial backing for (verb)

  Examples

  1. back this enterprise
• the part of a garment that covers the back of your body (noun)

  Examples

  1. they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back
• travel backward (verb)

  Examples

  1. back into the driveway
  2. The car backed up and hit the tree

See definition of back in Merriam Webster