swept-backadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌsweptˈbæk/us/ˌsweptˈbæk/having a front edge that faces backwards at an angle:
a swept-back hairstyle
an aircraft with swept-back wings
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Backwards, sideways and back and forth
- anticlockwise
- aside
- back
- back and forth idiom
- backward
- backwards
- broadside
- counterclockwise
- hither
- hither and thither idiom
- retro
- right/wrong way round idiom
- side
- sideways
- stand
- there
- there and back idiom
- to and fro
- to-ing and fro-ing
- wrong
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