All back antonyms
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B b adverb back
- forward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
verb back
- proceed — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
- hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
- protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- attract — If something attracts people or animals, it has features that cause them to come to it.
- meet — greatest lower bound
- forge — to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
adj back
- front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- preceding — that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
- future — time that is to be or come hereafter.
- first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- current — A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
- present — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.