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rear

• (s) located in or toward the back or rear
  • the chair's rear legs
  • the rear door of the plane
  • on the rearward side
  rearward,

Nouns

• (n) the back of a military formation or procession
  • infantrymen were in the rear
• (n) the side of an object that is opposite its front
  • his room was toward the rear of the hotel
  back end, backside,
• (n) the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
  • he stood at the back of the stage
  • it was hidden in the rear of the store
  back,
• (n) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • he deserves a good kick in the butt
  • are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
  arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, derriere, fanny, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end, tooshie, tush, backside, fundament, seat, bottom, rump, stern, tail end, bum, butt, can, tail,
• (n) the side that goes last or is not normally seen
  • he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
  back,

Verbs

• (v) stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
  • The horse reared in terror
  rise up,
• (v) bring up
  • raise a family
  • bring up children
  parent, bring up, nurture, raise,
• (v) rise up
  • The building rose before them
  rise, lift,
• (v) cause to rise up erect,
• (v) construct, build, or erect
  • Raise a barn
  erect, put up, set up, raise,

Synonyms

rise up rearward parent bring up nurture raise back end backside rise lift back arse ass behind buns buttocks derriere fanny hind end hindquarters keister nates posterior prat rear end tooshie tush fundament seat bottom rump stern tail end bum butt can tail erect put up set up

Antonyms

head forepart front front end dismantle pull down rase raze tear down level take down

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