“rear”

Definitions

• adjective

  located in or toward the back or rear

  Synonyms: rearward, aft, after, aftermost, apprentice, arena, arise, arse, ascend, ass, assemble, back

  • Example:“the chair's rear legs”
  • Example:“the rear door of the plane”

• noun

  the back of a military formation or procession

  Antonyms: head

  • Example:“Infantrymen were in the rear.”

• noun

  the side of an object that is opposite its front

  Synonyms: backside, back end

  Antonyms: front

  • Example:“His room was toward the rear of the hotel.”

• noun

  the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

  Synonyms: back

  • Example:“He stood at the back of the stage.”
  • Example:“It was hidden in the rear of the store.”

• noun

  the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

  Synonyms: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters

  • Example:“He deserves a good kick in the butt.”
  • Example:“Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?”

• noun

  the side that goes last or is not normally seen

  Synonyms: back

  Antonyms: front

  • Example:“He wrote the date on the back of the photograph.”