| back | (adjective) related to or located at the back | - |
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| (adjective) of an earlier date | - |
| (adjective) located at or near the back of an animal | Synonyms: hind, hinder |
| backbreaking | (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | Synonyms: arduous, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome |
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| backed | (adjective) having a back or backing, usually of a specified type | - |
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| (adjective) used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light | - |
| backhand | (adjective) (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke | Synonyms: backhanded |
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| (adjective) (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward | Synonyms: left-slanting |
| backhanded | (adjective) (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke | Synonyms: backhand |
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| (adjective) roundabout or ambiguous | - |
| backless | (adjective) lacking a back | - |
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| backmost | (adjective) located farthest to the rear | Synonyms: hindermost, hindmost, rearmost |
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| backstage | (adjective) concealed from public view or attention | Synonyms: offstage |
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| backstair | (adjective) secret and sly or sordid | Synonyms: backstairs, furtive |
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| backstairs | (adjective) secret and sly or sordid | Synonyms: backstair, furtive |
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| backswept | (adjective) used of hair | Synonyms: sweptback |
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| backward | (adjective) directed or facing toward the back or rear | - |
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| (adjective) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature | - |
| (adjective) retarded in intellectual development | Synonyms: feebleminded, half-witted, slow-witted |
| (adjective) having made less than normal progress | - |