| Main Entry: | rear |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | back, end |
Synonyms: |
aft, after, astern, backward, behind, dorsal, following, hind, hinder, hindermost, hindmost, last, mizzen, posterior, postern, rearmost, rearward, retral, reverse, stern, tail |
| Notes: | one rears children and raises crops |
Antonyms: |
beginning, front |
| Main Entry: | rear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | back or end part |
Synonyms: |
afterpart, back, back door, back end, back seat, backside, behind, bottom, butt, buttocks, end, heel, hind, hind part, hindquarters, posterior, postern, rear end, rear guard, rearward, reverse, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tailpiece, tush |
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beginning, front |
| Main Entry: | rear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise young |
Synonyms: |
breed, bring up, care for, cultivate, educate, foster, grow, nurse, nurture, propagate, train |
Antonyms: |
abandon, neglect |
| Main Entry: | rear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift, rise |
Synonyms: |
bring up, elevate, hoist, hold up, jump, leap, loom, pick up, raise, set upright, soar, spring up, support, take up, tower, turn up, uphold, uplift, upraise |
Antonyms: |
drop, fall |
| Main Entry: | rear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | build |
Synonyms: |
construct, erect, fabricate, put up, raise, set up, uprear |
Antonyms: |
destroy |
| Concept: | Rear. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; special |
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-nouns
rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard; background, hinterland., occiput, nape, chine; heels; tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside, scut, breech, dorsum, loin; dorsal region, lumbar region; hind quarters; aitchbone; natch, natch bone., stern, poop, afterpart, heelpiece, crupper., wake; train (sequence)., reverse; other side of the shield.
-verbs
be behind; fall astern; bend backwards; bring up the rear.
-adjectives
back, rear; hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost; postern, posterior; dorsal, after; caudal, lumbar; mizzen, tergal.
-adverbs
behind; in the rear, in the background; behind one's back; at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of; back to back., after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost, aback, rearward.
-phrases
ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio.
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Antonyms: |
front |
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| Main Entry: | after |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | following in position or time |
Synonyms: |
afterwards, back, back of, behind, below, ensuing, hind, hindmost, in the rear, later, next, posterior, postliminary, rear, subsequential, subsequently, succeeding, thereafter |
Antonyms: |
before |
| Main Entry: | astern |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | backward |
Synonyms: |
abaft, aft, rear, rearward |
Antonyms: |
forward |
| Main Entry: | back |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | end |
Synonyms: |
aback, abaft, aft, after, astern, back of, backward, behind, final, following, hind, hindmost, in the wake of, posterior, rear, rearmost, rearward, tail |
Antonyms: |
front |
| Main Entry: | back |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end part |
Synonyms: |
aft, back end, backside, extremity, far end, hindpart, hindquarters, posterior, rear, reverse, stern, tail, tail end, tailpiece |
Antonyms: |
front |