Synonyms and Antonyms of backbone
- found the backbone of a fish lying on the beach
- it takes backbone to stand up to the kind of suffering that some cancer patients must endure
determination, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution
bravery, courage, courageousness, daring, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, gallantry, greatheartedness, intrepidity, intrepidness, nerve, stoutness, valor
endurance, forbearance, stamina, sufferance, tolerance
audacity, boldness, brass, cheek, chutzpah (also chutzpa), effrontery, gall, hardihood, nerve, nerviness, temerity