backmost

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US/ˈbækˌmoʊst/

adjective

farthest back

Similar
hindermosthindmostrearmostback
OriginMiddle English [Term?]influ. ← English back ← Old English bæc →
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Meanings

adjectivebackmost (not comparable)
  1. not comparablefarthest back

    1922, Thomas Hardy, Late Lyrics and Earlier This [hobby] was to delve at whiles for easel-lumber, / Stowed in the backmost slums of a soon-reached city, / Merely on chance to uncloak some worthy canvas, […]

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivelocated farthest to the rear

Similar
hindermosthindmostrearmostback
Also see
backhindermostrearmost

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*baką
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bak
  4. Old Englishbæc
  5. Middle Englishbak
  6. Englishback
  7. Middle English[Term?]influ.
  8. Englishbackmost

From back + -most.

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Cite this entry
APA

backmost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backmost

MLA

“backmost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backmost. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backmost,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backmost.

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