Word Type

Noun

The word "backyard" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

back of house country house neighborhood subdivision

Coordinate Terms

backcourt

Derived Terms

backyard cricket backyarder in one's backyard, in one's own backyard not in my backyard

Derived From

back yard

Has Part

grass

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

curtilage grounds yard

Type Of (IsA)

area of land great place for garden piece of land place occupied by humans yard

Receives Action

surrounded by fences

Related Terms

court curtilage dooryard garden lawn

Related Terms

front yard neighborhood residence yard

Used For

barbecue children to play in dogs to run around in family activities garden grow garden grow vegtables growing garden growing plants in garden growing vegetables having barbecue having barbecues having cook outs having parties having party host barbeque keeping garden kick footy in planting flowers play tag play with dog playing playing sports private activity

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