Backbone and Longing

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Backbone

Backbone noun - A column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal.
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Longing and backbone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Longing" instead a noun "Backbone".
Nearby Word: backboned

Longing

Longing noun - A strong wish for something.
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Backbone and longing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backbone" instead a noun "Longing".
Nearby Words: longed, longingly

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  • Literature / Doctrine of Labyrinths Gideon joined a death cult at fifteen because of a longing for suicide, fell in love with a horny wizard but finds sex degrading, and spends a year and a half being openly, humiliatingly cheated on by Felix before he develops a backbone.
    Source: Literature / Doctrine of Labyrinths
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Longing and Backbone. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/backbone/longing
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