backfriend.
A friend who supports someone; a person who has someone's back; a backer, a supporter.
Meaning & usage
A friend who supports someone; a person who has someone's back; a backer, a supporter.
Synonym of hangnail (“a loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail”).
A person who pretends to be someone's friend; a false friend, a secret enemy.
Where this word comes from
From back (adverb or noun) + friend. Sense 3 (“person who pretends to be someone’s friend”) may allude to a person who stays back instead of coming forward to help, and so is not a true friend.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.