Synonyms for behind
bɪˈhaɪndbe·hind

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1. behindpreposition

   Synonyms:
   in back of, to the rear of

2. behindpreposition

   at the back of

   Synonyms:
   in back of, to the rear of

3. behindpreposition

   Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.

   Synonyms:
   to the rear of, in back of

4. behindpreposition

   after, time- or motion-wise

   Synonyms:
   in back of, to the rear of

5. behindpreposition

   A 1 point score.

   1880: A roar from ten thousand throats go up,For we've kicked another behind. The Opening Ball in Comic Australian Verse, ed. G. Lehmann, 1975. Quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition, 1985, Sydney University Press, ISBN 0-424-00113-6.

   Synonyms:
   in back of, to the rear of

6. behindpreposition

   in support of

   The republicans are fully behind their candidate.

   Synonyms:
   in back of, to the rear of

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, assadjective

   the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

   "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

   Synonyms:
   screw, arse, keister, female genital organ, substructure, stinkpot, goat, cornerstone, stern, lavatory, git, croup, arsehole, butt, shadower, crapper, commode, throne, skunk, base, tooshie, foundation, butt end, lav, derriere, can buoy, shag, place, seat, prat, bottomland, hind end, tin can, scum bag, asshole, freighter, understructure, ass, stub, backside, after part, female genitals, tramp, female genitalia, idler, nookie, toilet, piece of tail, laughingstock, shtup, poop, foot, screwing, posterior, potty, bathroom, quarter, do-nothing, back end, dirty dog, tush, tail, merchantman, canful, can, croupe, butt joint, john, back tooth, bunghole, nates, rat, rump, nooky, pot, back, privy, underside, piece of ass, rear end, rear, layabout, bottom, buns, merchant ship, undersurface, tail assembly, hobo, loafer, fundament, stool, roll in the hay, empennage, rotter, so-and-so, stooge, target, stinker, buttocks, bottom of the inning, hindquarters, bum, cigaret, coffin nail, tin, crumb, groundwork, shadow, fag end, cigarette, bed, basis, tail end, fanny, lowlife, puke

   Antonyms:
   up

2. behind(p)adverb

   having the lower score or lagging position in a contest

   "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing"

   Antonyms:
   up

3. behindadverb

   in or to or toward the rear

   "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind"

   Synonyms:
   slow, in arrears, behindhand

   Antonyms:
   up

4. behindadverb

   remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from

   "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind"

   Synonyms:
   slow, in arrears, behindhand

   Antonyms:
   up

5. behind, slowadverb

   of timepieces

   "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"

   Synonyms:
   easy, slowly, tardily, slow, in arrears, behindhand

   Antonyms:
   up

6. behindadverb

   in or into an inferior position

   "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"

   Synonyms:
   slow, in arrears, behindhand

   Antonyms:
   up

7. behind, behindhand, in arrearsadverb

   in debt

   "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills"

   Synonyms:
   slow, in arrears, behindhand

   Antonyms:
   up

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. behindprep.

   Synonyms:
   ABAFT, at the back of, in the rear of

2. behindprep.

   Synonyms:
   after, following

3. behindadjective

   Synonyms:
   backward, back

4. behindadjective

   Synonyms:
   ABAFT, aft, ASTERN, rearward, in the rear, at the back

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

1. List of paraphrases for "behind":

   khalaf, back, backwards, butt, backward, successor, beyond, after, delay, late

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

1. behind

   Synonyms:
   Back door, see there
   

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How to use behind in a sentence?

1. Honore' de Balzac:

   Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

2. Markwayne Mullin:

   This is a sad day for our country, americans have been stranded in Afghanistan by the Biden Administration and are now left to defend themselves from terrorists overrunning the country. One motto of our military is' leave no man behind.' But today, that's exactly what President Biden did.

3. Chad Marlow:

   With everything that has gone on nationally in the last six months, which has been horrifying and astounding, there's been a rush to put body cameras in the field, right now the policies behind body cameras are all over the place.

4. Florida Gov. Rick Scott:

   Donald Trump is clearly the will of the voters. We need to listen to them, coalesce behind him.

5. Ben Sasse:

   The President made the morally indefensible decision to leave Americans behind. Dishonor was the President’s choice. May history never forget this cowardice.