behind

Examples

• All

• My watch is running behind by two hours, so I need to adjust it.

• It's three hours behind, so it's good.

• We're already 15 minutes behind!

  Little Orphans (2020)

• And then New Zealand is five hours behind, but it's tomorrow.

• Well, Hawaii is 18 hours behind.

  Plane (2023)

• Optimus is 10 minutes behind.

  Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

• You're already two hours behind, so I'd step on it.

  Letters to God (2010)

• Er, it's... well, you're an hour behind - it's twenty past ten.

  Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)

• He's seven minutes behind.

  White House Down (2013)

• When I called her, she said her schedule was behind, and she would be late.

Synonyms

S

slow

vsbehind

61 3.9

Showing a time earlier than the correct time

is the same meaning but uses a different common word

Antonyms

A

ahead

∞ 1.0

Before a certain time in order to be ready

Idioms

B

behind the scenes

117 4.9

In a private way, away from the public view

B

behind closed doors

• Literature

112 4.1

In private and not open to the public

B

behind the wheel

77 3.4

To drive and be in control of a car or other vehicle

B

behind someone's back

• Informal

18 4.3

In a secret way without someone knowing, often to hurt them

B

behind the times

7 4.8

Old-fashioned and not keeping up with new ideas

W

wet behind the ears

• Informal

5 8.3

Not very experienced or confident yet

B

behind the eight-ball

• Informal

3 9.6

In a difficult situation with little chance to make things better

P

power behind the throne

• Literature

2 8.2

A person who secretly controls a leader from behind the scenes

P

to put our differences behind us

• Informal

1 5.1

Stop arguing and agree to work together

B

behind time

• Indian

1 3.2

Not arriving or starting at the expected time

B

behind its time

7.6

Out of date and not keeping up with current ideas

B

behind prison walls

• Literature

6.8

To live in prison and see what life there is like

B

behind the bit

• Jargon

9.9

A horse that holds its head back and ignores the rider's hands

D

dry behind the ears

• Informal

8.9

A person who lacks experience and maturity in new situations

P

to pull the ladder up behind oneself

9.0

To succeed and then stop others from getting the same chances

O

one hand tied behind one's back

• Informal

8.0

To do something easily even with serious problems

Compounds

B

behind-the-scenes

33 4.3

Happening in private and away from public view

T

the story behind

21 3.3

The reason and past events that explain why something happened

How Ahead

fast

32 4.1

on time

321 1.0

behind

4 1.1

Surface Forms

Etymology