behind

Adjective

• having the lower score or lagging position in a contest
  • behind by two points
    
  • the 8th inning found the home team trailing
    

Adverb

• in debt
  • he fell behind with his mortgage payments
    
  • a month behind in the rent
    
  • a company that has been run behindhand for years
    
  • in arrears with their utility bills
    

• in or into an inferior position
  • fell behind in his studies
    
  • their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers
    

• of timepieces
  • the clock is almost an hour slow
    
  • my watch is running behind
    

• remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from
  • when he died he left much unfinished work behind
    
  • left a large family behind
    
  • the children left their books behind
    
  • he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind
    

• in or to or toward the rear
  • he followed behind
    
  • seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front
    
  • the final runners were far behind
    

Noun

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • he deserves a good kick in the butt
    
  • are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  behind(p) , behindhand , in arrears , slow , buttocks