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back - noun

  1. The part or area farthest from the front: rear, rearward. See precede.

back - verb

  1. To move in a reverse direction: backpedal, backtrack, fall back, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress. See forward.
  2. To supply capital to or for: capitalize, finance, fund, grubstake, stake, subsidize. Informal bankroll. See help. money.
  3. To aid the cause of by approving or favoring: advocate, champion, endorse, get behind, plump for, recommend, side with, stand behind, stand by, support, uphold. See support.
  4. To present evidence in support of. buttress, corroborate, substantiate. See support.
  5. To assure the certainty or validity of. attest, authenticate, bear out, confirm, corroborate, evidence, justify, substantiate, testify(to), validate, verify, warrant. See support. true.

back down - phrasal verb

  1. To abandon a former position or commitment: renege, retreat. Slang cop out, fink out. See resist.

back - adjective

  1. Located in the rear: hind, hindmost, posterior, postern, rear. Nautical after. See precede.
  2. Far from centers of human population: insular, isolated, lonely, lonesome, obscure, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote, removed, secluded, solitary. See near.

back - adverb

  1. Toward the back: about, around, backward, backwards, rearward. See precede.
  2. In or toward a former location or condition: about, around, backward, backwards, rearward, round. See approach.