Dictionary

back to front en · ADJ

Meanings

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.

Relateds

inside out · upside down

Translations (14)

cy tu ôl ymlaen (reversed) · da omvendt (reversed) · es prepóstero (reversed) · nn bak fram (reversed) · nb bak fram (reversed) · pl tył na przód (reversed) · gd cùlaibh air a’ bheulaibh (reversed) · sv bakvänt (reversed) · az tərs (reversed) · da bagvendt (reversed) · sv bak och fram (reversed) · ga droim ar ais (reversed) · es al revés (reversed) · is öfugur (reversed)

back to front en · ADV

Meanings

1. Turned so that the back is now at the front; the wrong way around.
   • (figuratively, by extension) Of a perspective, reversed or inverted.
   • (figuratively, by extension) Of an order or cause of events, misunderstood or misinterpreted.
   • I was in such a hurry that I put my underpants on back to front.

Antonyms

rightways

Deriveds

know back to front

Hypernyms

contrarily

Synonyms

back to front · in reverse · backwards

Translations (9)

fr à l'envers (turned so that the back is now at the front) · pl tył na przód (turned so that the back is now at the front) · ru за́дом наперёд (turned so that the back is now at the front) · gd cùlaibh air a' bheulaibh (turned so that the back is now at the front) · uk за́дом напере́д (turned so that the back is now at the front) · es al revés (turned so that the back is now at the front) · fr sens devant derrière (turned so that the back is now at the front) · es prepósteramente (turned so that the back is now at the front) · sv bak och fram (turned so that the back is now at the front)