backside

1. 1

   The back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly

   • I gazed uncomprehendedly at the unfinished backside of the wall of the next room and wondered what had happened to my face.
2. 2

   The back side of anything, the part opposite its front; The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.

   • The building's backside faced an alley and was covered in grime and graffiti.
3. 3

   The back side of anything, the part opposite its front; A person's buttocks.euphemistic

   • Having ridden the horse all day for the first time, I had painful blisters on my backside.
4. 4

   The back side of anything, the part opposite its front; The back side of a page: a verso.obsolete

5. 5

   The reverse or opposite of anything.figuratively

   • ...to endorse him on the backside of posterity, not a golden, but a brazen Asse...
6. 6

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.

1. 1

   Approaching an obstacle backward.not-comparable

ant. frontside