OCCIPITALLY Synonyms

• (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail

• at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane

• stern foremost or backward

• at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane

• (of a ship or an airplane) behind

• related to or located at the back

• the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine

• the side that goes last or is not normally seen

• the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

• (football) a person who plays in the backfield

• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

• the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

• the part of a garment that covers the back of your body

• a support that you can lean against while sitting

• (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

• in or to or toward a former location

• at or to or toward the back or rear

• in or to or toward an original condition

• in or to or toward a past time

• in reply

• in repayment or retaliation

• located at or near the back of an animal

• of an earlier date

• be behind; approve of

• travel backward

• give support or one's approval to

• cause to travel backward

• support financial backing for

• be in back of

• place a bet on

• shift to a counterclockwise direction

• establish as valid or genuine

• strengthen by providing with a back or backing

• directed or facing toward the back or rear

• (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

• at or to or toward the back or rear

• in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

• in or to or toward a past time

• retarded in intellectual development

• having made less than normal progress

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• in or to or toward the rear

• remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from

• showing a time that is earlier than the actual time

• in or into an inferior position

• in debt

• having the lower score or lagging position in a contest

• any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers

• a female deer, especially an adult female red deer

• located at or near the back of an animal

• direction toward the rear

• at or to or toward the back or rear

• located in or toward the back or rear

• directed or moving toward the rear