Synonyms for backbone
ˈbækˌboʊnback·bone

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1. backbonenoun

   Synonyms:
   spinal column, vertebral column, spine

2. backbonenoun

   The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.

   Synonyms:
   vertebral column, spinal column, spine

3. backbonenoun

   any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure

   Before automobiles, railroads were a backbone of commerce.

   Synonyms:
   spine, spinal column, vertebral column

4. backbonenoun

   courage, fortitude, or strength

   He would make a good manager, if he had a little more backbone.

   Synonyms:
   spine, spinal column, vertebral column

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpinnoun

   a central cohesive source of support and stability

   "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"

   Synonyms:
   anchorman, key, linchpin, ground tackle, lynchpin, rachis, headstone, grit, sand, anchorperson, spinal column, keystone, guts, back, pillar, spine, anchor, mainstay, moxie, gumption, vertebral column

2. backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumptionnoun

   fortitude and determination

   "he didn't have the guts to try it"

   Synonyms:
   mainstay, good sense, lynchpin, grit, mother wit, spine, sand, gritrock, horse sense, gritstone, spinal column, keystone, common sense, linchpin, back, gumption, anchor, rachis, moxie, guts, vertebral column, sense

3. spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachisnoun

   the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

   "the fall broke his back"

   Synonyms:
   dorsum, cover, sticker, spikelet, mainstay, backrest, lynchpin, binding, grit, prickle, book binding, pricker, spine, sand, thorn, spinal column, keystone, spur, linchpin, back, rear, acantha, gumption, anchor, rachis, moxie, guts, vertebral column

4. spine, backbonenoun

   the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved

   "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book"

   Synonyms:
   sticker, spikelet, mainstay, lynchpin, spine, prickle, pricker, grit, sand, thorn, spinal column, keystone, spur, linchpin, back, acantha, gumption, anchor, rachis, moxie, guts, vertebral column

5. backbonenoun

   the part of a network that connects other networks together

   "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"

   Synonyms:
   gumption, back, moxie, grit, spinal column, guts, sand, lynchpin, spine, linchpin, vertebral column, anchor, keystone, mainstay, rachis

Matched Categories

1. • Connector
   • Fortitude
   • Part
   • Skeletal Structure
   • Support

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. backbonenoun

   Synonyms:
   spine, spinal column, vertebral column

2. backbonenoun

   Synonyms:
   firmness, nerve, resolution, courage, pluck, hardihood, manhood

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1. backbonenoun

   Synonyms:
   spine, spinal column, rachis, chine

   Associated words:
   vertebræ, vertebrata, vertebra, vertebral spinal, spine

2. backbonenoun

   Synonyms:
   moral principle, steadfastness, stability, firmness, stamina

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "backbone":

   spine, dorsal, mainstay, cornerstone, skeleton, pillar, trunk, shaft, linchpin, mainspring, basis, axis

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1. List of known nicknames for "Backbone":

   Jamahr Williams, Williams, Jamahr

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. backbone

   Synonyms:
   Vertebral column, columna vertebralis [NA6]
   

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1. Mitch Gelman:

   He brought high standards, manuel was the backbone through at least two or three generations of leadership that enabled CNN to become as respected for its digital journalism as it was for its television news.

2. Elias Schulze:

   Kenya and Nigeria are most obvious candidates from a macro perspective because they offer the desirable ingredients of an expanding middle-class, and a strong private sector backbone, they have a challenging but growingly sophisticated supply chain, and adaptable consumer tastes.

3. Carlo Ratti:

   Over the past decade, digital technologies have begun to blanket our cities, forming the backbone of a large, intelligent infrastructure.

4. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi:

   America's working families have always had a champion in Steve Israel, in his service in Congress, Steve has brought clarity and leadership to the work of reigniting the American Dream for the middle class families who are the backbone of our democracy.

5. Sam Giles:

   There are over 60,000 species of living jawed vertebrates, and they encompass pretty much everything you can think of [with a backbone] that lives on land or in the sea, but we don't really know what they looked like when they split.