| 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 |
| Concept: | Rear. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; special |
Synonyms: |
-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: | 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: | following |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening, being next or after |
Synonyms: |
a while later, after a while, afterward, attendant, back, by and by, coming, coming after, coming next, consecutive, consequent, consequential, directly after, ensuing, henceforth, hinder, in pursuit, in search of, in the wake of, later, later on, latter, next, next off, on the scent, posterior, presently, proximate, pursuing, rear, resulting, sequent, sequential, serial, seriate, specified, subsequent, succeeding, successive, supervenient, then, trailing, when |
Antonyms: |
first, leading, preceding |
| Main Entry: | caudal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | posterior |
Synonyms: |
back, rear |
| Main Entry: | hindmost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | last |
Synonyms: |
concluding, final, rear |
Antonyms: |
first, leading |
| Main Entry: | hind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | back |
Synonyms: |
aback, abaft, aft, after, astern, back of, backward, behind, final, following, hindmost, in the wake of, posterior, postern, rear, rearmost, rearward, tail |
| Main Entry: | postern |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | back |
Synonyms: |
aft, back end, backside, extremity, far end, hind, hindmost, hindpart, hindquarters, posterior, rear, reverse, stern, tail, tail end, tailpiece |
| Main Entry: | after |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
Related
Adjectives: |
after, future, apoop, back, caudal, crested, dorsal, echinoproctous, following, hind, hinder, hindermost, hindmost, later, lumbar, manback, penultimate, popliteal, postdiluvial, postdiluvian, posterior, postern, posthumous, postical, postliminious, postnate, pretelethal, rear, retrocollic, retroverted, steatopygous, subsequent, succeeding, tergant
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