Ant. Hush, suppress; enunciate.

Babel. Tumult, disorder, clamor, confusion, discord, din, pother.

Ant. Silence; articulation, distinctness, enunciation; monotony.

Back, a. and ad. Remote, hindmost, in the rear; again, return.

Ant. Near, foremost, in advance.

Back, v. Support, aid, second, sustain, assist; retire, retreat, withdraw; move backward, cause to go backward.

Ant. Fail, disappoint; advance, push.

Backbiter. Slanderer, defamer, traducer, calumniator, detractor, cynic.

Ant. Advocate, upholder, defender, vindicator.

Backslider. Recreant, apostate, renegade, deserter, abjurer.