back pack

1. 1.

   a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

   Synonymsbackpackknapsackpacksackrucksackhaversack

   Broaderbag

   Narrowerkitbag

Questions about back pack

What does back pack mean?

back pack means "a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder".

What is another word for back pack?

Close synonyms include backpack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is back pack a common word?

back pack is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.