backbone
nounHow many syllables in backbone?
There are 2 syllables in the word backbone.How to pronounce backbone:
Definition of backbone:
- backbone (noun):
- the spinal column
- spinal column, spine
- a central cohesive source of support and stability.
Synonyms for backbone:
anchor
back
grit
gumption
guts
keystone
linchpin
lynchpin
mainstay
moxie
rachis
sand
spinal column
spine
support
vertebra
vertebrae
vertebral column
Antonyms for backbone:
ineptness
powerlessness
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- buzzer
- backbench
- arouse
- puer
- gazes
- speckling
- sniffling
- livid
- hardened
- claque
- hellish
- gyro
- warded
- townfolk
- prevails
- constrict
- aggrieve
- straggle
- perspire
- entered
- cocooned
- Aaban
- sunbathed
- nudest
- meantime
- Eady
- disprove
- crevice
- skirrets
- drapping
- upturn
- staircase
- shawty
- pasted
- outstripped
- outflanked
- knickknacks
- ensnared
- defamed
- daggered
- meanness
- distill
- dethrone
- clamour
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