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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1. Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch:

   I think the opportunity for pricing is good and it is certainly our intention in the UK to do that (raise prices), we want to do that behind innovation, behind improved service, behind improved content.

2. Shah Asad Rizvi:

   Behind every purpose, there’s a reason, behind every reason, there’s a story, behind every story, there’s a dance... ready to set in motion

3. John Burroughs:

   Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.

4. Passenger Megan Vandervest:

   We kind of thought maybe the car behind us had slightly come off or something like that, but it ended up being much, much worse and a lot more jarring to see when we got off the train, the car behind ours was slightly off and then the one behind that was kind of in between two sets of railroad tracks, and the one behind that one had like completely tipped over and fallen over and that was kind of the most shocking part.

5. Walter Lippmann:

   The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.