put back

Questions about put back

What does put back mean?

put back means "put something back where it belongs". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for put back?

Close synonyms include replace, set back, knock back. 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 put back a common word?

put back 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.