Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word
Antonyms for backyard
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bak-yahrd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbækˈyɑrd |
Definition of backyard
Origin :- also back-yard, 1650s (perhaps early 15c.), from back (adj.) + yard (n.1).
- noun expanse behind house
- We're all like a lot of hens in a backyard, scratching so many hours a day.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- In that backyard I was put to a sort of mild ordeal by question.
- Extract from : « Recollections » by David Christie Murray
- The court is an atrophied institution, a circus surviving in the backyard of history.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- Jane had fled screaming through the house and out into the backyard.
- Extract from : « Two Sides of the Face » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- The dog took a leisurely bound through the door and into the backyard.
- Extract from : « The Monster » by S. M. Tenneshaw
- If they eat his pie, their only ambition will be to live in an American backyard.
- Extract from : « The Art of Disappearing » by John Talbot Smith
- We've been fighting this war in our backyard for a full century.
- Extract from : « Medal of Honor » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
- It would help if we could get into their backyard for a change.
- Extract from : « Medal of Honor » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
- She was the only girl we ever allowed to perform in the circuses up in your backyard.
- Extract from : « Penguin Persons & Peppermints » by Walter Prichard Eaton
- The Princess and the gardener's boy were playing in the backyard.
- Extract from : « The Book of Dragons » by Edith Nesbit
Synonyms for backyard
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019