back to front

adverb

Turned so that the back is now at the front; the wrong way around.

“I was in such a hurry that I put my underpants on back to front.”

Similar
backwardsin reverse
Opposite
rightways
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Meanings

adverb
  1. Turned so that the back is now at the front; the wrong way around.

    I was in such a hurry that I put my underpants on back to front.

    2 more examples

    (figuratively, by extension) Of an order or cause of events, misunderstood or misinterpreted.

    (figuratively, by extension) Of a perspective, reversed or inverted.

    Synonyms: backwards, in reverse

adjective
  1. Reversed, with the back now at the front.

    The classic VW Beetle is a back to front car, with the engine at the rear.

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbTurned so that the back is now at the front; the wrong way around.

Similar
backwardsin reverse
Opposite
rightways
Also see
backward

Translations

Danish bagvendt, omvendt
  • bagvendtreversed
  • omvendtreversed
French sens devant derrière, à l'envers
  • sens devant derrièreturned so that the back is now at the front
  • à l'enversturned so that the back is now at the front
Icelandic öfugur
  • öfugurreversed
Irish droim ar ais
  • droim ar aisreversed
Norwegian Bokmål bak fram
  • bak framreversed
Polish tył na przód, tył na przód
  • tył na przódturned so that the back is now at the front
  • tył na przódreversed
Russian за́дом наперёд
  • за́дом наперёд (zádom naperjód)turned so that the back is now at the front
Scottish Gaelic cùlaibh air a' bheulaibh, cùlaibh air a’ bheulaibh
  • cùlaibh air a' bheulaibhturned so that the back is now at the front
  • cùlaibh air a’ bheulaibhreversed
Spanish al revés, prepósteramente
  • al revésturned so that the back is now at the front
  • prepósteramenteturned so that the back is now at the front
  • al revésreversed
  • prepósteroreversed
Swedish bak och fram, bak och fram
  • bak och framturned so that the back is now at the front
  • bak och framreversed
  • bakväntreversed
Ukrainian за́дом напере́д
  • за́дом напере́д (zádom naperéd)turned so that the back is now at the front
Welsh tu ôl ymlaen
  • tu ôl ymlaenreversed
Cite this entry
APA

back to front. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20to%20front

MLA

“back to front.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20to%20front. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “back to front,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20to%20front.

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