Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun backspace

1 sense of backspace

Sense 1
backspace key, backspace, backspacer -- (the typewriter key used for back spacing)
       => key -- (a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb backspace

1 sense of backspace

Sense 1
backspace -- (hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; "To erase, you must backspace")
       => type, typewrite -- (write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the acceptance letter, please")