Back and Foreground

Back

Back noun - A behind part or surface.

Foreground is an antonym for back.

Foreground

Foreground noun - The part of a scene that is near the viewer.

Back is an antonym for foreground in topics: prominence, forward.

Nearby Words: fore, foregrounded, foregrounding

How words are described

entire entire back entire foreground

Both words in one sentence

  • Background Boss General Tor of Iji jumps back and forth from foreground to back, with his most devastating attacks unleashed when he's in the background.
  • Some more recent comics, such as 4, bring his elastic body back into the foreground by showing how useful such a power is when in the hands of the smartest man on the planet.
  • New Sound Album Presto and Roll The Bones had the band throwing the synths into the background and the guitar was now back into the foreground.
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