backing

Speech parts

1. backing - Noun

2. backing - Adjective

3. backing - Verb

Meaning

of Back

The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.

That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability.

Support or aid given to a person or cause.

The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., before putting on the cover.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

support funding patronage backup financial support mount championship help aid assistance approval consent ratification reinforcement sponsorship
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Antonyms

counteraction levy swindle prevention management opposition
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Hypernyms

layer approval bed resource blessing reinforcement

Phrases with the word

backing up backing down backing down to backing vocalist backing storage backing vocals

Examples

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons. C. S. Lewis

I'm backing David Cameron's campaign out of pure, cynical self-interest. Boris Johnson

Death is the dark backing that a mirror needs if we are to see anything. Saul Bellow

History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again. Alan Bean

Backing down can become a way of life. Oliver James

I also believe that US backing for Israeli policies of expansion of the Israeli state and oppression of the Palestinian people is the major cause of bitter division and violence in the world. Clare Short

Close letter words and terms

backhouse Backhousia citriodora backie backing band backing down backing down to