backside

Other forms of backside

plural

backsides·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about backside

What does backside mean?

backside means "the side of an object that is opposite its front". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in backside?

backside has 2 syllables: back-side. The stress falls on "back". In IPA it is /ˈbækˌsaɪd/.

What is another word for backside?

Close synonyms include rear, back end, buttocks, nates, arse. 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 backside a common word?

backside is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with backside?

46 words rhyme with backside. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.