Back up

Synonyms for "back up" (211 found)

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Closest matches (43)

act foradvance affirmafford supportanswer forappear forapprove ascend attest authenticate backback awayback offbackpedal backtrack backtrail backwater bearbear outbear up

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bolsterbolster upbrace budgebuoy upbuttress carry certify champion changechange place

Verb(4 words)

affirming backback downback off

Noun(8 words)

aid alternate archive assistance auxiliary back backstopsbackup copy drive

Strong matches (63)

Verb(9 words)

chokechoke offclogclog upcongestcopy filecorroboratescrap upfoul

circle circumstantiate climbcome aftercome lastcommission confirm corroborate countermarch cradle crutch cushion deputize descend document ebb elect endorse establishfall astern

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fall backfall behindflow follow fortifyfront forget behindget in behindget overgive supportgogo aroundgo backgo backwardsgo into reversego roundgo sidewaysgyrate holdhold upindorsekeep afloatkeep uplag behindlend supportmainstay maintainmake sternwaymount

Noun(5 words)

confirm confirmed copy duplicatefrench conserver

Related words (105)

movemove overnominate pillowpinch hitpinch-hit forplunge probate progress prop prove ratify recede regress reinforce represent retrogress reverse revert rise

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rotate runrun interference forsecond shift shoreshore upshoulderside withsink soarspeak forspinstand back ofstand behindstand bystand in forstaystick bystick up forstir stream strengthen subscribe subside subsidize substantiatesubstitute forsubvention support sustaintake sidestake sides withtrailtrail behindtravel underbrace undergird underlie underpin underset understudy underwrite upbear uphold upkeep validate verify vote vouch wane warrant whirl

Verb(11 words)

preserve artifactsprovide supportreversedsave materialsaved stagnatessubstantiate claimsubstantiate datasubstantiates supportsupport a claim

Noun(20 words)

protect provedreplicate resultreverse save spare stand-in standby store substantiatesubstantiate a claimsubstitute supplements supportsupport forcesupport with datasupported tailbackvalidity testverify

Adjective(1 words)

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5 relation types

More general

38 entries

act affirm blockclose upconfirm copy corroboratedata managementdescriptordraw backdriving actionhelp impede jam motion move

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More specific

25 entries

alternate tutorarchiveauxiliary copybackingbackup filebackup teachercorroborated resultdata copydocumented claimemergency resourcesemergency substitutefinancial backingfull backupincremental backupmirror backupmoral support

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Collocations

15 entries

back up a claimback up a hypothesisback up an argumentback up databack up evidenceback up filesbackup copybackup databackup filebackup generatorbackup planbackup systemdata backupfull backupincremental backup

Inflections

6 entries

backed upbacking upbacks upbackupsmore backupmost backup

Derivations

4 entries

backed backed-up backing backup

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

That beeping sound indicates that the truck is backing up.

Source: wiktionary

We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.[…]As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other.

Source: wiktionary

Back up the car a little, you're blocking the driveway.

Source: wiktionary

I couldn't see how to finish the project, so I backed up and tried it another way.

Source: wiktionary

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