Backbone and Face

Backbone

Backbone noun - A column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal.

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Face and backbone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Face" instead a noun "Backbone".

Nearby Word: backboned

Face noun - The front part of the head.

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Backbone and face are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backbone" instead a noun "Face".

Nearby Words: faced, facing, facer, faceless

good	good backbone	good face
actual	actual backbone	actual face
entire	entire backbone	entire face
real	real backbone	real face
Other adjectives: little, main.

So, she kisses him, then gives him a hard slap to the face—the latter for her excessively Nice Guy attitude making him looks of having no backbone at all.

Source: Kiss-Kiss-Slap
In Citizen Kane, Thompson, the reporter whose investigation into "Rosebud" is the backbone of the plot, is only shown from behind or with his face in shadow.

Source: The Faceless / Film

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Face and Backbone. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/backbone/face

Backbone & Face. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/backbone/face>.

Face or Backbone. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/backbone/face.

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