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- [kwawr-ter-bak]
- /ˈkwɔr tərˌbæk/
- /ˈkwɔː.tə.bæk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kwawr-ter-bak]
- /ˈkwɔr tərˌbæk/
Definitions of quarterback word
- noun quarterback a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team. 1
- noun quarterback the position played by this back. 1
- noun quarterback a person who leads or directs a group or activity. 1
- verb with object quarterback to direct the offense of (a team). 1
- verb with object quarterback to lead or direct: to quarterback a public-relations campaign. 1
- verb without object quarterback to play the position of quarterback. 1
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Origin of quarterback
First appearance:
before 1875 One of the 25% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1875-80; quarter + back1
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Parts of speech for Quarterback
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
quarterback popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for quarterback
noun quarterback
- dutch uncle — a person who criticizes or reproves with unsparing severity and frankness.
- aide — An aide is an assistant to someone who has an important job, especially in government or in the armed forces.
- attorney — In the United States, an attorney or attorney at law is a lawyer.
- authority — The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
- backseat driver — If you refer to a passenger in a car as a backseat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice about how to drive.
verb quarterback
- construct — to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
- decide — If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
- design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
- determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- draught — a drawing, sketch, or design.
Antonyms for quarterback
noun quarterback
- pupil — the expanding and contracting opening in the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina.
- student — a person formally engaged in learning, especially one enrolled in a school or college; pupil: a student at Yale.
- enemy — A person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
- foe — a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy: a bitter foe.
verb quarterback
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
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