backside

[bak-sahyd]

noun

1. the rear or back part or view of an object, person, scene, etc.; that part which is opposite the front.

2. rump; buttocks.

backside

/ ˌbækˈsaɪd /

noun

1. the back of something

2. informal,  the buttocks

Word History and Origins

Origin of backside¹

1350–1400; Middle English back syde; back ¹, side ¹; compare Old English bæce backside

Example Sentences

Along the “backside” of the southern end of Catalina, it felt even more remote.

From Los Angeles Times

On shimmering disco anthem Got To Have Love, he warns against squandering relationships: "When love disappears / Life disappears / and you sit on your backside / for 25 years."

From BBC

I know full well this is going to bite me on the backside but I'll go for the Kansas City Chiefs, who have a competitive AFC West to contend with.

From BBC

He started making up ground on the backside but had too much work to do against a superior Fierceness.

From Los Angeles Times

Harry Brook gets his 2025 Men's Hundred campaign off the mark in exciting fashion, smashing a six over wide long-off before ending up on his backside a ball later against Welsh Fire at Headingley.

From BBC

Related Words

• butt 
• posterior 
• rump