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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Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 115-110 loss to the Charlotte Hornets (2-1) on the second night of a back-to-back set Saturday at Spectrum Center. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026 Rice recorded back-to-back 80-plus-yard games in Weeks 2 and 3, and Kansas City missed that production Sunday night. — Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026 On the second night of back-to-back games, the Hawks fell to the Rockets 121-114 in Atlanta’s home opener at State Farm Arena. — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Mississippi State got on the board later in the third on back-to-back trick plays. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 However, with Texas coming off back-to-back losses, this game is absolutely crucial for the Longhorns. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 The Kings have back-to-back victories after losing their first six games. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 The Rays were not ready to go quietly into the Wisconsin night, and back-to-back one-out singles from Jonathan Aranda and Chandler Simpson brought Tampa Bay’s All-Star slugger Junior Caminero to the plate representing the go-ahead run. — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for back-to-back

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Perhaps even more surprising was to see Georgia call three consecutive pass plays with its backup quarterback while Stockton was waiting to be cleared.

— Connor Riley, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026
France does indeed have labor laws to ensure workers don’t work for more than 48 hours a week, or 44 hours per week on average over a period of 12 consecutive weeks.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of consecutive

Adverb

So putting SpaceX and Tesla together unites two companies that are super-hungry for cash.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Combining the two would bring the tech and infrastructure parts of Musk’s empire together (the Wall Street pitch) and a hyperconcentrated bet on the billionaire’s inventions, politics, and personality (the actual pitch).

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of together

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Deepening the mystery, no Roman artifacts were found in successive investigations of the site, even though the sarcophagus bears a Latin inscription to one Valerius Amandinus.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The 10-song Burned follows 2021’s New Fragility and grew out of a turbulent stretch for Ounsworth, marked by the end of a relationship and the successive losses of his mother, uncle and a close friend.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 21 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

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But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has repeatedly dismissed previous caution of AI tools and encouraged rapid autonomous innovation at the Pentagon.

— Chiara Eisner, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
Trump has repeatedly denied ordering the disruption of Starlink, despite Musk's public assertions that the order would have come from the White House.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

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