aft

  • (a) (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
  • (r) at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
    • stow the luggage aft
    • ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft
    • the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about
    abaft, astern,

Synonyms

abaft astern

Antonyms

fore forward

See also

back

Words of close approximity

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