back

back

adverb

Definition of BACK

1

earlier than the present time <that's longer back than I can remember>

Synonyms agone [archaic], back, since, syne [chiefly Scottish]

Antonyms hence

2

toward the opposite direction <turned back for one last comment>

Synonyms about, back, backward (or backwards), round

Related Words behind, down, downward (or downwards), rearward (also rearwards); obversely, reversely; across, athwart, counter, counterclockwise, widdershins (also withershins)

Near Antonyms clockwise, deasil

3

toward the rear <staring back, the newly convicted felon vowed revenge>

Synonyms back, rearward (also rearwards)

Related Words astern, sternforemost; anticlockwise [chiefly British], counterclockwise, left-handed, left-handedly, retrograde, reversely, widdershins (also withershins)

Near Antonyms before

Antonyms ahead, along, forth, forward, forwards, on, onward (also onwards)