Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Verb

The word "backed" can be used as adjective, adjective and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

backless

Derived Terms

asset-backed commercial paper asset-backed security backed blade black-backed antshrike black-backed grosbeak black-backed gull black-backed jackal black-backed water tyrant chestnut-backed antshrike chestnut-backed chickadee community-backed factory-backed great black-backed gull greater black-backed gull green-backed firecrown green-backed flycatcher green-backed gerygone green-backed tit grey red-backed vole grey-backed fiscal hog-backed lesser black-backed gull mortgage-backed mortgage-backed security northern red-backed vole olive-backed oriole olive-backed pipit olive-backed sunbird olive-backed thrush purple-backed fairywren razor-backed red-backed fairywren red-backed hawk red-backed sea eagle red-backed shrike roach-backed rough-backed litter snake rufous-backed antvireo rufous-backed fantail russet-backed thrush saddle-backed saddle-backed bush cricket shield-backed bug silver-backed fox slaty-backed gull spot-backed antshrike sticky-backed plastic stiff-backed streak-backed antshrike sway-backed unbacked violet-backed starling whale-backed white-backed black tit

Etymologically Related To

back

Inflected/Variant Forms

back

Context

photography slang verb

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

American-backed ESA-backed asset-backed bare-backed barebacked battery-backed broken-backed camelbacked crookbacked flat-backed millipede green-backed hardbacked high-backed highbacked hogbacked hump-backed humpbacked hunchbacked lute-backed mossbacked paperbacked softbacked

Related Terms

back backing

Similar Terms

coated coated hardback hardbacked hardbacked hardbound hardcover high backed high-backed low backed low-backed razor backed razor-backed razorback spiny backed spiny-backed stiff backed stiff-backed straight backed straight-backed

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.