back up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
She supported him during the illness
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- patronage derivation
- support derivation
- helper derivation
- sponsor derivation
- supportive derivation
Sense 2 verb
move backwards from a certain position
The bully had to back down
Types & categories
- retreat hypernym
Related & opposite
- withdrawal derivation
Sense 3 verb
establish as valid or genuine
Can you back up your claims?
Types & categories
- substantiate hypernym
Sense 4 verb
make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy
You'd better back up these files!
Types & categories
- re-create hypernym
Related & opposite
- computer backup derivation
- computer domain topic
Sense 5 verb
become or cause to become obstructed
The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- unclog antonym
- clog derivation
- backup derivation
- over-crowding derivation
- congestive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | patronage |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | support |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | helper |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sponsor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supportive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sponsor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | patronise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | assist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | encourage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | undergird |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | second |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | withdrawal |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | retreat |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | substantiate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | computer backup |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | re-create |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | unclog |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | clog |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | backup |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | over-crowding |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | congestive |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | obturate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | gum up |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | crap up |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | choke up |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | silt |