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Rear

🔄 Synonyms of "Rear"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
sternnoun	Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
buttnoun	(countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
assnoun	(countable and uncountable) The buttocks.
risenoun	(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
bumnoun	(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.
raiseverb	(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
nurtureverb	The act or process of encouraging the growth or development of something.
pratnoun	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A fool, contemptible person.
set upverb	(transitive) To make ready for use.
liftverb	(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
bottomnoun	The lowest part of anything.
erectverb	Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
tailnoun	(anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
backnoun	At or near the rear.
arsenoun	(Commonwealth, now vulgar) The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.
fundamentnoun	Foundation.
keisternoun	(slang) The anus or buttocks.
derrierenoun	Alternative spelling of derrière. [(chiefly humorous) Bottom, bum, backside.]
rumpnoun	The buttocks.
backsidenoun	(euphemistic) A person's buttocks.
behindnoun	At or in the rear or back part of something.
tushnoun	(US, colloquial) The buttocks.
posteriornoun	(sometimes euphemistic, sometimes humorous) The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.
seatnoun	Something to be sat upon.
buttocks	The buttocks (: buttock) are two rounded portions of the exterior anatomy of most mammals, located on the posterior of the pelvic region.

↔️ Antonyms of "Rear"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
headnoun	(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
levelnoun	The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
frontnoun	The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
razeverb	(transitive) To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
dismantleverb	(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
take downverb	To remove something from a website.
pull downverb	(transitive) To make (something) lower (especially of clothes).
forepartnoun	The front or anterior part of something.
front endnoun	(computing) That part of a hardware or software system that is conceptually closest to the user; the user interface.
tear downverb	(transitive) To demolish.
rasenoun	(transitive) To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rear"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
parentnoun	(often in the plural) A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
erectverb	Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
seatnoun	Something to be sat upon.
arsenoun	(Commonwealth, now vulgar) The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.
keisternoun	(slang) The anus or buttocks.
buttnoun	(countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
bumnoun	(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.
nurtureverb	The act or process of encouraging the growth or development of something.
bunsnoun	(Canada, US, euphemistic, childish) The buttocks.
fundamentnoun	Foundation.
raiseverb	(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
put upverb	(transitive) To place in a high location.
pratnoun	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A fool, contemptible person.
tooshienoun	Alternative spelling of tushie. [(colloquial, often childish) Buttocks, bottom.]
bring upverb	To mention.
liftverb	(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
set upverb	(transitive) To make ready for use.
rise upverb	To mount a rebellion or insurgency; to rebel; to revolt.
sternnoun	Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
risenoun	(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.