BACK-TO-BACK Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈbak-tə-ˈbak

Definition of back-to-back

as in consecutive

following one after another without others coming in between the new governor was soon facing several back-to-back crises

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adverb

ˈbak-tə-ˈbak

as in together

in succession without others coming in between the three movies in the series were filmed back-to-back so that the cast members wouldn't age visibly on screen

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After winning back-to-back games, the Rangers lost big at home to the Houston Astros, 9-3 at Globe Life Field on Saturday night. — Cal Phillips updated July 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2026 Lewis and Victor Caratini led off the bottom half with back-to-back doubles off Mitch Farris (0-1) and Alan Roden had an RBI single. — Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 Three tries in a seven-minute span, including two when Australian fullback Tom Wright was on the sidelines for a yellow card, swung momentum fully in favor of the back-to-back Six Nations champions. — ABC News, 11 July 2026 With Goncalo Ramos joining AC Milan from the back-to-back Champions League holders, there is a vacant striker’s spot with Luis Enrique possibly convincing Ferran to follow Dro Fernandez’s lead and swap FC Barcelona for PSG. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 That fact perhaps acted as a form of cover for getting all five on the Panthers’ back-to-back Cup stamps in 2024 and 2025. — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 10 July 2026 Crow-Armstrong is the first Cub with back-to-back 20-20 seasons since Sammy Sosa did it in three straight (1993-95) and the third with multiple such seasons (Sosa and Ryne Sandberg). — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 After back-to-back right knee surgeries, the 2024 second-round pick looks ready to prove his pedigree. — Mike Kaye july 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026 Jones is now a back-to-back NBA champion, having won with Oklahoma City last year and the Knicks in June. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for back-to-back

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Navarro then looped a 3-1 pitch into short right-center to give the Dodgers three consecutive shutout victories for the first time since July 1991.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
What do multiple consecutive FFR increases do to mortgage rates?

— Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Definition of consecutive

Adverb

Locals have spotted groups of people in Korea jerseys huddled together, trying to decide what to order at In-N-Out.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
When the telephony and cognitive integration layers are designed to work together through a clean connective layer, the handoffs between domains stop being yours to debug.

— Ran Inbar, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of together

Adjective

Worse still, their neural activity actually decreased over successive assignments; by the end, many were defaulting to copy-paste.

— Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Los Cafeteros topped Group K ahead of Portugal as their 0-0 stalemate against the Seleção was preceded by successive wins against DR Congo and Uzbekistan.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Definition of successive

Adverb

The status had previously been renewed successively and, despite the move to end these protections, the State Department warns against traveling to either Haiti or Syria, citing widespread violence, crime, terrorism, and kidnapping.

— Reuters, USA Today, 28 June 2026
Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira has the record number of World Cup appearances as a coach with six, but not successively.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 June 2026

Definition of successively

Adverb

Kyle Backhus hit two batters consecutively, forcing in a run and making it 8-4.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 July 2026
In his sentencing decisions last week, O’Connor employed the terrorism enhancements to trigger mandatory minimum prison terms and ordered their sentences to be served consecutively.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2026

Definition of consecutively

Adverb

The justices, too, seemed eager to embrace electronic recording in cases where no court reporter is available and litigants cannot afford to pay for one on their own, repeatedly pressing lawyers on exactly how such a ruling might be written.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
County officials have repeatedly warned that fraudulent claims take money away from public services and shift the tax burden to honest taxpayers.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026

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