9 Letter Words for Backpedal
backpedal
8 Letter Words for Backpedal
leadback, packable
7 Letter Words for Backpedal
blacked, capable, pacable, palaced
6 Letter Words for Backpedal
alcade, aplace, backed, balked, beclad, beclap, bedcap, cabled, calade, calked, kalpac, lacked, packed, palace, placed
5 Letter Words for Backpedal
aback, abdal, abled, acale, akela, alack, alcea, aldea, aleak, apace, apeak, baaed, bakal, baked, baled, beala, becap, belap, black, blade, blake, bleak, bleck, cabal, cabda, cable, caked, calpa, calpe, caped, capel, caple, clade, clake, clape, clead, dalea, decal, decap, kabel, kalpa, labda, laced, laked, paced, padle, palea, paled, pedal, place, plack, plead, pleck
4 Letter Words for Backpedal
abac, abed, abel, able, acad, aced, acle, aked, alae, alap, alba, albe, alca, alce, alec, alep, aped, baal, back, bade, baka, bake, bald, bale, balk, bdle, bead, beak, beal, beck, bela, beld, belk, blad, blae, blea, bled, caba, cade, cake, calk, calp, capa, cape, cepa, clad, clap, cled, clep, daal, daba, dace, dale, dalk, deal, deck, decl, depa, ebcd, ecad, kade, kala, kale, kapa, kcal, keap, keld, kelp, lace, lack, lade, lake, lapb, lead, leak, leap, leck, leda, lepa, paal, paba, paca, pace, pack, pada, pala, pale, peak, peal, peba, peck, peda, pela, plak, plea, pleb
3 Letter Words for Backpedal
aal, aba, abc, abd, abl, abp, ace, ack, adc, ade, adp, aka, ake, ala, alb, alc, ald, ale, alk, alp, apa, apc, ape, apl, baa, bac, bad, bae, bal, bap, bcd, bde, bdl, bec, bed, bel, bld, blk, cab, cad, cal, cap, cel, cep, clk, cpa, cpd, cpl, dab, dae, dak, dal, dap, dbl, dca, dcb, dea, deb, dec, del, dep, dkl, dle, ead, ecb, edp, ela, elb, eld, elk, epa, kab, kae, kal, kea, keb, ked, kep, kpc, laa, lab, lac, lad, lak, lap, lca, lcd, lea, led, lek, lep, pac, pad, pal, pdl, pea, pec, ped, pel
Definitions for Backpedal
[1] to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
[2] to retreat from or reverse one's previous stand on any matter; shift ground: to back-pedal after severe criticism.
[3] Boxing . to retreat from an opponent, especially by stepping rapidly backward.
[4] to turn the pedals of a bicycle backwards
[5] to retract or modify a previous opinion, principle, etc
[6] boxing to take backward steps
Words related to Backpedal
back-pedalreconsider, renege
Words nearby Backpedal
back-pedalback-load, back-mutate, back-order, back-paddle, back-patting, back-pedal, back-seat driver, back-slapping, back-stabbing, back-street, back-talk
Origin of Backpedal
-pedalFirst recorded in 1895–1900
Synonyms for Backpedal
fall back, retract, about-face, back, change, rethink, retreat, retrograde, reverse, withdraw, retrocede
