back-to-back

1 of 2

adjective or adverb

ˈbak-tə-ˈbak How to pronounce back-to-back (audio)

: facing in opposite directions and often touching

: coming one after the other : consecutive

back-to-back

2 of 2

noun

plural back-to-backs

British : a house that is connected in a row with other houses on each side and with a similar row of houses behind it

These were where the millworkers dwelt, the worst of them known as back-to-backs because that is how they were built, without intervening space.

Geoffrey Moorhouse

sports : a sequence of two games scheduled to be played on consecutive days

Miami began to beat elite teams and was bloodlessly efficient in the second half of back-to-backs, winning 11 in a row over a three-month stretch, a sign of a team with toughness.

Jack McCallum

back-to-back 1 of 2

adjective

as in consecutive

following one after another without others coming in between the new governor was soon facing several back-to-back crises

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

consecutive
successive
straight
sequential
succeeding
in series
uninterrupted
continuous
sequent
serial
subsequent
following
successional
later
next
ensuing
constant
posterior

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

nonconsecutive
nonsequential
inconsequent
inconsecutive

back-to-back

2 of 2

adverb

as in together

in succession without others coming in between the three movies in the series were filmed back-to-back so that the cast members wouldn't age visibly on screen

Synonyms & Similar Words

together
successively
consecutively
running
repeatedly
sequentially
on end
serially
seriatim
continuously
hand running
constantly
successionally
continually
subsequently
uninterruptedly
unceasingly
night and day
continuingly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

intermittently
discontinuously
interruptedly

单词	back-to-back
释义	back-to-back 1 of 2 adjective or adverb ˈbak-tə-ˈbak 1 : facing in opposite directions and often touching 2 : coming one after the other : consecutive back-to-back 2 of 2 noun plural back-to-backs 1 British : a house that is connected in a row with other houses on each side and with a similar row of houses behind it These were where the millworkers dwelt, the worst of them known as back-to-backs because that is how they were built, without intervening space. Geoffrey Moorhouse 2 sports : a sequence of two games scheduled to be played on consecutive days Miami began to beat elite teams and was bloodlessly efficient in the second half of back-to-backs, winning 11 in a row over a three-month stretch, a sign of a team with toughness. Jack McCallum Synonyms Adjective or adverb consecutive sequent sequential straight succeeding successional successive See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History First Known Use Adjective Or Adverb 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Noun 1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1 back-to-back 1 of 2 adjective as in consecutive following one after another without others coming in between the new governor was soon facing several back-to-back crises Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance consecutive successive straight sequential succeeding in series uninterrupted continuous sequent serial subsequent following successional later next ensuing constant posterior Antonyms & Near Antonyms nonconsecutive nonsequential inconsequent inconsecutive back-to-back 2 of 2 adverb as in together in succession without others coming in between the three movies in the series were filmed back-to-back so that the cast members wouldn't age visibly on screen Synonyms & Similar Words together successively consecutively running repeatedly sequentially on end serially seriatim continuously hand running constantly successionally continually subsequently uninterruptedly unceasingly night and day continuingly Antonyms & Near Antonyms intermittently discontinuously interruptedly
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back-to-back

adjective or adverb

noun

Synonyms

Word History

adjective

adverb