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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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“I think in the back of our heads, we all know that this is our last go at this,” Bruins senior center Lauren Betts said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

For now, corporations are expected to continue making steady investments on the back of solid earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Using a laser, the team temporarily made proteins invisible in a strip at the back of a living cell to track how they moved.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

A second friendly defeat in four days was no calamity since it came on the back of an admirable performance, unworthy of booing.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Then I would see her at her locker, reaching for the top shelf and looking up into the back of it.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.