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backside

noun

ˈbak-ˌsīd How to pronounce backside (audio)
Definition of backsidenext
as in cheeks
the part of the body upon which someone sits our backsides were sore after sitting on those hard benches for so long

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Recent Examples of backside The backside would, in the current custom of luxury townhouses everywhere, be blown out for a big window. — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2026 This summer’s safety debate reached a fever pitch in late July after a 17-year-old jumper appeared to hit the ledge with his backside on a jump and crashed into the water. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 The 28-year-old was shot in the backside and the 30-year-old was shot in the back and arm. — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026 The locale places the sun to Roman's backside and points its sensitive instruments away from the intrusion of light reflected off the Earth and moon. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for backside
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backside
  1. cheeks
  2. bum
  3. seat
  4. tail
  5. rump
  6. bottom
  7. rear
Noun
  • After Swift appeared with Fazit’s Gold Speckles makeup patches decorating her cheeks, the brand reported a 3,500 percent increase in direct-to-consumer sales.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Pictures of Isaiah Harrison from 2024 show a bubbly, heavyset boy with a toothy smile and full cheeks.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of cheeks
Noun
  • The silhouette was heavily elongated, with three-quarter-length jackets and argyle knitwear that covered the bum.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Within the often zany and slapstick realm of Bob’s Burgers, Tina still manages to steal the show with her singular voice, romantic fantasies, and obsessions with unicorns and boy bums.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of bum
Noun
  • The goal of keeping Democratic Senate seats and flipping four GOP seats once felt like a long shot.
    — Ben Binday, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Clad in a signature pink jumpsuit and armed with a matching bullhorn, Nixon loudly disrupted a hearing to pass a new map expected to help the GOP expand its dominance in the state by unravelling Florida’s historically Black congressional seats.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of seat
Noun
  • By the time the first cells that are committed to develop into neurons show up, the vertebrate embryo already knows its head from its tail, and its back from its belly.
    — JOHN TIMMER, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In the late nineties, nearly all our revenue was from software license sales and maintenance—large payments up front and a predictable renewal tail.
    — Amir Wain, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of tail
Noun
  • This is also why bucks generally have shorter tails than does, and less white on the rump.
    — Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Then, pair a Black Angus rump steak, aged for three weeks in herbed butter and redolent of fresh rosemary (€38), with a glass of a spicy-fruity Barolo from the pioneering Piedmont vintner Chiara Boschis (€22).
    — New York Times, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of rump
Noun
  • The lead lasted into the bottom of the sixth until an error from Jose Altuve sparked the offensive explosion from the A’s.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Run water over the plant slowly until water runs out of the bottom, through the drainage holes.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of bottom
Noun
  • Black renders the majority of the sneaker, but red rears its head again through speckling on the midsole, TPU flyplate, full medial Swoosh and lining.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Officers were responding to a house sitter who discovered the damage while checking on loud banging in the home’s rear, police said.
    — Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of rear

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“Backside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backside. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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