BACK-TO-BACK Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈbak-tə-ˈbak

Definition of back-to-back

as in consecutive

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

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adverb

ˈbak-tə-ˈbak

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

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Recent Examples of back-to-back

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The Cougars then committed back-to-back special teams gaffes that let the Irish back in the game. — John Coon, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 Sébastian Breza had five saves for Montreal (6-17-7), which had lost back-to-back games and seven of its last eight. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 Missouri heads into the bye week following back-to-back losses at the hands of the SEC’s Mississippi schools. — Pj Green october 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 The Broncos’ hot form this year follows back-to-back seasons in 2024 and 2025 when Boise State won the Mountain West regular-season title but fell to Utah State in the conference tournament. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 17 Oct. 2026 Plenty of people outside of the Dodgers’ downcast clubhouse Thursday evening saw the Brewers’ four-game sweep of the defending back-to-back champions as the fall of a dynasty. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Interestingly enough, Acciari and Bure both had one natural hat trick in their run of back-to-back three-goal games. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for back-to-back

Adjective

The Astros went 87-75 last season to finish second in the division and miss the playoffs, snapping a streak of eight consecutive appearances.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Connecticut’s annual count found 3,847 people experiencing homelessness this year, marking five consecutive years of increases.

— David Rich, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of consecutive

Adverb

His proficiency, buoyed by his expensive taste and skill in daisy-chaining images together, got his foot in the door of the indie-rap revitalization.

— Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Underneath the celebrity and the tabloid headlines is someone who’s vulnerable, funny and desperately trying to hold her life together.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of together

Adjective

Authorities in Colima said the risks remained low but warned that heavy rainfall could cause damage because successive storms had already saturated the ground along the Pacific coast.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
But successive 5-7 records slowed the momentum, and through it all, no victories over Kansas State and an 0-2 record against Missouri.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of successive

Adverb

Their concentrations then increase at successively higher trophic levels (levels of the food chain) as organisms consume contaminated prey.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
Samsung has successively shaved a few millimeters off every year, taking a leap last year with the Z Fold 7.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of successively

Adverb

The court ordered the sentences to be served consecutively, for a total term of 24 years.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
Robert Kaskel, vice president of people at ezCater, tells CNBC Make It that the percentage of workers skipping out on meals has increased consecutively for the past four years.

— Itzel Franco, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of consecutively

Adverb

Musk has repeatedly treated the sports car as a lower priority than Tesla’s other projects, while also blaming supply chain shortages for earlier delays.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Trump repeatedly leaned on Thune to kill the filibuster in order to pass it, and other senators wanted Thune to try to force Democrats to pull off a talking filibuster to block the bill.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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