BACKSEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backseat mean? 

• BACKSEAT (noun)
  The noun BACKSEAT has 2 senses:

1. a secondary or inferior position or status

2. a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile)

  Familiarity information: BACKSEAT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKSEAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A secondary or inferior position or status

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

tennis has had to take a backseat while his work is so demanding

Hypernyms ("backseat" is a kind of...):

inferiority; lower rank; lower status (the state of being inferior)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("backseat" is a kind of...):

seat (any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit))

Domain category:

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "backseat"):

dickey; dickey-seat; dickie; dickie-seat; dicky; dicky-seat (a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater)