Back and Face

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Back

Back noun - A behind part or surface.
Usage example: the back of the page was blank
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Face is an antonym for back in rear topic.
Nearby Words: backward, backing, backed, backside, backwards

Face

Face noun - A forward part or surface.
Usage example: the face of the store building has been altered many times over the years to meet changing tastes and needs
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Synonyms for Face
Antonyms for Face
Back is an antonym for face in topics: look at, authority, exterior, pretense, come up against a situation.
Nearby Words: faced, facing, facer, faceless
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How words are described

human human back human face
old old back old face
female female back female face
full full back full face
Other adjectives: long, similar, complete, original, true, upper, top, dead, actual, entire, big, blue, little, lower, new, funny, changing, scarred.

Common collocations

people back people face people
opponent back opponent face opponent
player back player face player
enemy back enemy face enemy
Other words: camera, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Badassery stems from the fact that he gives the speech while flash-kicking/punching the demon's face/back/whatever.
    Source: Fan Fic / Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns
  • Trampled Underfoot In Skyrim, one of the possible unarmed finishing moves Dragonborn can execute is stomping a humanoid enemy on their back or face with style.
    Source: Trampled Underfoot
  • Ambiguous Robots And even those only had rubber on certain parts — the Piraka on their face and back, and the Toa Inika wore fleshy rubber masks.
    Source: Ambiguous Robots
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Face and Back. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/face
Back & Face. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/face>.
Face or Back. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/face.

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