Synonyms for backup
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Tailback — an accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement…
3. Accompaniment
4. Championship
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A reserve or substitute.
If the goalkeeper is injured, we have a backup.
- n. 2
An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
The blockage caused a backup in the plumbing.
- n. 3
A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.
After the power failure, we had to restore the database from backup.
- n. 4
Reinforcements.
He's got a gun! You'd better send for backup.
Related words
- Phrases
- backup camera
Forms
- Plural
- backups → stand-ins, fill-ins, substitutes, reliefs…
Example sentences
- reliever Take the pain reliever only when you need it.
- tailback The bus got stuck in a five-mile-long tailback.
- redundancy Tom wasn't eligible for redundancy payment.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| backup | rising | |
| reliever | rising | |
| tailback | rising | |
| redundancy | steady | |
| fallback | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- line1
- 5 letters
- ghost1
- 6 letters
- relief2
- 7 letters
- support2, reserve2
- 8 letters
- reliever3, fallback2, tailback
- 9 letters
- patronage3
- 10 letters
- substitute3, redundancy4
- 12 letters
- championship4
- 13 letters
- accompaniment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (relief2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- sauvegarde
- Italiano
- salvaguardia