Thesaurus:backbone

Thesaurus:backbone

THESAURUS

backbone

English

Synonyms

• backbone

• spine

• spinal column

• vertebral column

Meronyms

• vertebra    [WS]

• sacrum

• intervertebral disc

• coccyx

• tailbone

Holonyms

• skeleton    [WS]

Further reading

• “backbone” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “backbone” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.