Behind

[n] the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
[adv] in or to or toward the rear; "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind"
[adv] remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from; "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind"
[adv] in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills"
[adv] in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"
[adv] of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"

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Synonyms

arse, ass, backside, behindhand, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, in arrears, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, slow, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush

Related Terms

after, after time, afterpart, afterpiece, afterward, arrested, back, back door, back of, back seat, back side, back to back, backside, backward, behind the scenes, behind time, behindhand, belatedly, below, beyond, bottom, breech, butt, buttocks, by and b