Definition for Backstay:

• A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast.

Synonyms for Backstay:

• n.

  •artifact (noun)
  • backstay.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • stay.
  •Other relevant words:
  • abide,
  • accompaniment,
  • affirm,
  • agate line,
  • air,
  • ancestry,
  • anchor,
  • appease,
  • argument,
  • argumentation,
  • arouse,
  • arrest,
  • assembly line,
  • back country,
  • back up,
  • backbone,
  • backcloth,
  • backflowing,
  • background,
  • backing,
  • backrest,
  • backup,
  • backward,
  • backwards,
  • bank line,
  • bear,
  • bear out,
  • bet on,
  • bide,
  • billet,
  • binding,
  • bitstock,
  • blackguard,
  • blood,
  • blood line,
  • bloodline,
  • book binding,
  • boondocks,
  • bozo,
  • braces,
  • bracing,
  • bread and butter,
  • brook,
  • business,
  • business line,
  • cable length,
  • cable system,
  • cable television,
  • cable television service,
  • cable's length,
  • cablegram,
  • cat,
  • chain of mountains,
  • channel,
  • check,
  • chemical chain,
  • circle,
  • communication channel,
  • concatenation,
  • confirm,
  • continue,
  • contrast,
  • corroborate,
  • couple,
  • couplet,
  • course,
  • cover,
  • crease,
  • credit line,
  • crinkle,
  • defend,
  • delay,
  • delineate,
  • demarcation,
  • descent,
  • describe,
  • detain,
  • digest,
  • distich,
  • dividing line,
  • documentation,
  • dorsum,
  • draw,
  • duad,
  • duet,
  • duo,
  • dyad,
  • endorse,
  • endure,
  • energise,
  • energize,
  • fend for,
  • financial backing,
  • financial support,
  • funding,
  • furrow,
  • gage,
  • gallus,
  • game,
  • guy cable,
  • guy rope,
  • halt,
  • hind,
  • hinder,
  • hinterland,
  • hitch,
  • hold,
  • hold up,
  • hombre,
  • hoyden,
  • indorse,
  • jest at,
  • job,
  • keep,
  • keep going,
  • keystone,
  • lasso,
  • last out,
  • laugh at,
  • leash,
  • linchpin,
  • line of business,
  • line of credit,
  • line of descent,
  • line of merchandise,
  • line of products,
  • line of reasoning,
  • line of work,
  • lineage,
  • livelihood,
  • living,
  • logical argument,
  • lynchpin,
  • make fun,
  • melodic line,
  • melodic phrase,
  • melody,
  • mountain chain,
  • mountain range,
  • musical accompaniment,
  • note,
  • occupation,
  • origin,
  • outride,
  • overseas telegram,
  • pair,
  • parentage,
  • patronage,
  • patronise,
  • patronize,
  • pedigree,
  • perk up,
  • persist,
  • personal credit line,
  • personal line of credit,
  • phone line,
  • pillar,
  • pipeline,
  • plump for,
  • plunk for,
  • poise,
  • poke fun,
  • product line,
  • production line,
  • punt,
  • quell,
  • rachis,
  • rail line,
  • railway line,
  • range,
  • range of mountains,
  • rear,
  • rearward,
  • rearwards,
  • reenforcement,
  • reinforcer,
  • reinforcing stimulus,
  • remain,
  • rest,
  • reward,
  • rib,
  • ride out,
  • ridicule,
  • roast,
  • romp,
  • run along,
  • seam,
  • second,
  • short letter,
  • sod,
  • span,
  • spinal column,
  • spine,
  • stabilise,
  • stabilize,
  • stake,
  • stand,
  • stay on,
  • stay put,
  • steady,
  • stick,
  • stick around,
  • stick out,
  • stimulate,
  • stock,
  • stomach,
  • stop,
  • stoppage,
  • strain,
  • strand,
  • strengthener,
  • string,
  • subscribe,
  • substantiate,
  • suffer,
  • supporting,
  • suspender,
  • sustain,
  • sustenance,
  • telegraph,
  • telephone line,
  • tolerate,
  • trace,
  • transmission line,
  • truck,
  • tune,
  • twain,
  • twosome,
  • underpin,
  • vertebral column,
  • wire,
  • wrinkle,
  • yoke,
  • rophy,
  • forget me drug,
  • telephone circuit,
  • subscriber line,
  • stemma,
  • put up,
  • roach,
  • orthodontic braces,
  • guy wire.

Homophones for Backstay:

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Hyponym for Backstay:

• n.

  • artifact
    stay.