backswept

Slanting toward rear

Backswept describes something angled or swept backward from front to rear.

The term appears most often in aeronautics for wings that angle back from the fuselage: backswept wings reduce drag at high speeds.

It also describes hair swept back from the face or any design element that angles rearward: the backswept handlebars of a cruiser bike.

windswept

windblown

Displaced by gusts

blustery · flags · grasses · coastal · exposed · weathered

aerodynamic

delta wing

Triangular aircraft lifting surface

jet fighter · wind tunnel · laminar flow · fuselage · tailfin · nacelle · airfoil · slipstream · wing loading · stabilizer

angle

rake

Tined yard implement

  • cantSanctimonious insincerity
  • tiltAngular deviation from level
  • slantOblique angle or bias

inclination · oblique · angled · reclined · pitched · leaning · rearward · tapered · setback · canted

hairstyle

pompadour

High-fronted upswept hairstyle

  • quiffUpswept frontal hairstyle
  • greaserMachinery lubricator or fifties tough
  • ducktailSlicked-back men's hairstyle

rockabilly · Brylcreem · gel · mousse · coiffed · voluminous · Elvis · James Dean · teddy boy · blow-dried

Opposites
directional orientation

backsweptforward

Onward in direction

forward-leaning · straight · perpendicular · protruding · projecting

Family

back, sweep, backward, sweeping, swept, sweeper, sweeps, backtrack, sweptback

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G