I suppose that behind each thing we have to do, there's something we want to do...
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Behind
//bɪˈhaɪnd//
Synonyms for "behind" (140 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
Noun(22 words)
Adverb(2 words)
Preposition(2 words)
Related word relations
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More general
1 entriesAntonyms
5 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
54 entriesShowing 16 of 54 words.
derived from
1 entriesdistinct from
4 entrieshas context
6 entriesrelated to
45 entriesShowing 16 of 45 words.
similar
2 entriesTranslations
383 translations across 102 languages.
Acehnese
1 entries- likôt noun (rear, back-end)
Afrikaans
1 entries- agter prep (at the back of)
Albanian
4 entries- pas prep (after, time- or motion-wise)
- pas prep (in support of)
- prapa prep (at the back of)
- prapa prep (to the back of)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὄπισθεν prep (at the back of)
Arabic
4 entries- خَلْفَ prep (at the back of)
- خَلْفَ prep (to the back of)
- مور prep (at the back of)
- مورا prep (at the back of)
Armenian
2 entries- ետեւ prep (at the back of)
- հետեւ prep (at the back of)
Aromanian
4 entries- dipu prep (at the back of)
- dipã prep (at the back of)
- dupu prep (at the back of)
- dupã prep (at the back of)
Assamese
1 entries- ৰ পিছত prep (at the back of)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- arxasında prep (at the back of)
- geri prep (to the back of)
Basque
1 entries- atzean prep (at the back of)
Belarusian
2 entries- за prep (at the back of)
- за prep (to the back of)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- पीछे prep (at the back of)
Bulgarian
4 entries- отза́д adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- задник noun (buttocks)
- задница noun (rear, back-end)
- зад prep (at the back of)
Burmese
1 entries- နောက် prep (at the back of)
Catalan
4 entries- darrere adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- endarrere adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- enrere adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- enrere adv (backward in time or order of succession)
Central Kurdish
4 entries- پاش prep (to the back of)
- پشت prep (to the back of)
- پشت گرتن prep (in support of)
- پشتی prep (at the back of)
Chamicuro
1 entries- yajtikini adv (at the back part; in the rear)
Chechen
1 entries- тӏаьхьа adv (at the back part; in the rear)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- ...後邊 /...后边 prep (at the back of)
- ...後邊 /...后边 prep (to the back of)
- ...後面 /...后面 prep (at the back of)
- ...後面 /...后面 prep (to the back of)
Czech
4 entries- vzadu adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- zpátky adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- za prep (at the back of)
- za prep (to the back of)
Dalmatian
1 entries- dri prep (at the back of)
Danish
4 entries- bagud adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- tilbage adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- tilbage adv (so as to be still in place afterwards)
- bagdel noun (buttocks)
Dutch
4 entries- achtereind noun (rear, back-end)
- achtereinde noun (rear, back-end)
- achterhand noun (buttocks)
- achterkant noun (rear, back-end)
Esperanto
2 entries- postaĵo noun (buttocks)
- malantaŭ prep (at the back of)
Estonian
4 entries- tagaosa noun (rear, back-end)
- tagumik noun (buttocks)
- taga prep (at the back of)
- taga prep (after, time- or motion-wise)
Ewe
4 entries- megbe prep (at the back of)
- megbe prep (to the back of)
- megbe prep (after, time- or motion-wise)
- megbe prep (in support of)
Finnish
4 entries- jäljelle adv (so as to be still in place afterwards)
- jäljessä adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- jälkeen adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- jälkeensä adv (so as to be still in place afterwards)
French
4 entries- derrière noun (buttocks)
- revers noun (rear, back-end)
- après prep (after, time- or motion-wise)
- derrière prep (at the back of)
Galician
3 entries- detrás adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- detrás de prep (at the back of)
- tras prep (at the back of)
Georgian
2 entries- უკან prep (at the back of)
- უკან prep (to the back of)
German
4 entries- hinten adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- Hintern noun (buttocks)
- hinter prep (at the back of)
- hinter prep (to the back of)
Greek
1 entries- πίσω από prep (at the back of)
Haitian Creole
2 entries- dèyè prep (at the back of)
- dèyè prep (to the back of)
Hebrew
4 entries- מֵאָחוֹר prep (at the back of)
- מֵאָחוֹר prep (to the back of)
- מאחורי prep (at the back of)
- מאחורי prep (to the back of)
Hindi
4 entries- पीछे adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- पीछा noun (rear, back-end)
- के पीछे prep (at the back of)
- के पीछे prep (to the back of)
Hittite
1 entries- 𒀀𒀊𒉺 adv (at the back part; in the rear)
Hungarian
4 entries- hátra adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- hátul adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- far noun (buttocks)
- fenék noun (buttocks)
Ido
1 entries- dop prep (at the back of)
Inari Sami
1 entries- pottâ noun (buttocks)
Ingrian
3 entries- peppo noun (buttocks)
- pers noun (buttocks)
- perä noun (buttocks)
Ingush
1 entries- тӏехьа adv (at the back part; in the rear)
Interlingua
2 entries- detra prep (at the back of)
- detra prep (to the back of)
Irish
4 entries- ar deireadh adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- ar gcúl adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- ar gcúl adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- ar chúl prep (at the back of)
Istriot
1 entries- dreîo prep (at the back of)
Italian
4 entries- dietro adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- dietro prep (at the back of)
- dietro prep (to the back of)
- dopo prep (after, time- or motion-wise)
Japanese
2 entries- 尻 noun (buttocks)
- ...の後ろに prep (at the back of)
Korean
1 entries- 뒤에 prep (at the back of)
Ladino
1 entries- detrás de prep (at the back of)
Latin
4 entries- post prep (at the back of)
- post prep (to the back of)
- post prep (after, time- or motion-wise)
- pōne prep (at the back of)
Latvian
3 entries- aiz prep (at the back of)
- aiz prep (to the back of)
- pirms prep (after, time- or motion-wise)
Limburgish
2 entries- achter prep (at the back of)
- hönjer prep (at the back of)
Lithuanian
1 entries- už prep (at the back of)
Lower Sorbian
3 entries- slězy adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- za prep (at the back of)
- za prep (to the back of)
Macedonian
2 entries- позади adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- зад prep (at the back of)
Malay
3 entries- di belakang prep (at the back of)
- ke belakang prep (to the back of)
- sesudah prep (after, time- or motion-wise)
Maltese
1 entries- wara prep (at the back of)
Navajo
2 entries- bineʼdi prep (at the back of)
- bineʼgi prep (at the back of)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- li pey prep (at the back of)
Northern Sami
2 entries- bahta noun (buttocks)
- čurti noun (buttocks)
Norwegian
4 entries- bak prep (at the back of)
- bak prep (to the back of)
- bak prep (after, time- or motion-wise)
- bak prep (in support of)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- bak noun (rear, back-end)
- bak noun (buttocks)
- bakdel noun (rear, back-end)
- bakdel noun (buttocks)
Occitan
1 entries- darrièr noun (rear, back-end)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- за prep (at the back of)
Old English
2 entries- æfter prep (at the back of)
- æfter prep (after, time- or motion-wise)
Papiamentu
1 entries- patras prep (at the back of)
Pashto
3 entries- تر شا prep (at the back of)
- د ... د ورستو prep (at the back of)
- له ... نه ورستو prep (at the back of)
Persian
1 entries- پشت prep (at the back of)
Pijin
1 entries- bihaen prep (at the back of)
Polish
4 entries- dupa noun (buttocks)
- tył noun (rear, back-end)
- zad noun (rear, back-end)
- zad noun (buttocks)
Portuguese
4 entries- para trás adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- para trás adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- bunda noun (buttocks)
- traseira noun (rear, back-end)
Punjabi
2 entries- پِچھّے prep (at the back of)
- ਪਿੱਛੇ prep (at the back of)
Romanian
4 entries- spre spate adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- spre-napoi adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- în spate adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- în urmă adv (at the back part; in the rear)
Romansch
1 entries- davos prep (at the back of)
Russian
4 entries- вспять adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- наза́д adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- позади́ adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- сза́ди adv (at the back part; in the rear)
Samoan
1 entries- tua prep (at the back of)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- bääte prep (at the back of)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- air cùl prep (at the back of)
- air cùlaibh prep (at the back of)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- za prep (at the back of)
- за prep (at the back of)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- põtt noun (buttocks)
Slovak
4 entries- späť adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- vzadu adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- pozadie noun (buttocks)
- zadok noun (rear, back-end)
Slovene
4 entries- zádnji dél noun (rear, back-end)
- zádnjica noun (buttocks)
- nazáj prep (to the back of)
- po prep (after, time- or motion-wise)
Southern Sami
2 entries- ravve noun (buttocks)
- råvve noun (buttocks)
Spanish
4 entries- arredro adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- atrás adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- detrás adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- atrás prep (at the back of)
Swahili
4 entries- nyuma adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- nyuma noun (rear, back-end)
- nyuma prep (at the back of)
- nyuma prep (to the back of)
Swedish
4 entries- bakom adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- baktill adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- akter noun (rear, back-end)
- bak noun (rear, back-end)
Tagalog
3 entries- nasa likod prep (in support of)
- sa likod prep (at the back of)
- sa likod prep (to the back of)
Telugu
2 entries- వెనక prep (at the back of)
- వెనక్కి prep (to the back of)
Thai
1 entries- ข้างหลัง prep (at the back of)
Tonga (Zambia)
1 entries- kusule prep (at the back of)
Turkish
1 entries- arkasında prep (at the back of)
Ukrainian
4 entries- поза́ду adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- ду́па noun (buttocks)
- зад noun (rear, back-end)
- зад noun (buttocks)
Urdu
4 entries- پیچھے adv (at the back part; in the rear)
- پیچھا noun (rear, back-end)
- کے پیچھے prep (at the back of)
- کے پیچھے prep (to the back of)
Venetan
1 entries- drio prep (at the back of)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sau prep (at the back of)
Volapük
1 entries- po prep (at the back of)
Walloon
2 entries- dirî prep (at the back of)
- padrî prep (at the back of)
Welsh
4 entries- tu cefn adv (toward the back part or rear; backward)
- tu cefn adv (so as to be still in place afterwards)
- tu cefn prep (at the back of)
- tu cefn prep (to the back of)
West Flemish
1 entries- bachtn prep (at the back of)
West-Frisian
2 entries- efter prep (at the back of)
- efter prep (to the back of)
Yiddish
2 entries- הינטער prep (at the back of)
- הינטער prep (to the back of)
Zazaki
1 entries- peydı prep (to the back of)
Zulu
3 entries- emuva prep (at the back of)
- emuva prep (after, time- or motion-wise)
- ngasemuva prep (to the back of)
Sample sentences
55 total sentences available.
I'll stand behind you if you are going to do it.
Source: tatoeba (17551)
The police officer on duty sensed an elderly man coming up behind him.
Source: tatoeba (18826)
I found that I had left my umbrella behind in the classroom.
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