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Synonyms for front

  • noun
  • adjective
  • verb

Most common

social movement front-end figure-head presence battlefront recto

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Movement

movement, social movement

2. Forepart

front-end, forepart rare

Other

figure-head, presence, van, battlefront, brass, recto, brow, audacity, assurance, impudence, frontperson rare

Adjective

1. Forward — located at or near the front

forward, fore, first, lead

Other

head, foremost, front-line, frontal, anterior, advance, obverse, prompt

Verb

1. Face

face, facade, look, aspect, show, confront, encounter, oppose

2. Put on airs — to assume false or disingenuous appearances

put on airs, feign

Other

breast, gloss

Antonyms

back, rear, derriere

All antonyms of front →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

  2. n. 2

    The side of a building with the main entrance.

    I'll go out the front, and you go out the back.

  3. adj. 1

    Located at or near the front.

    The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.

  4. v. 1

    To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

    Boy don't try to front, / I-I know just-just what you are, are-are.

Related words

Word family
frontage frontal frontlet frontmost frontness frontogenetic frontperson front-runner
Phrases
front room front curtain front man front bottom front bum front crawl in front of front-end

Forms

Plural
fronts → movements, front-ends, foreparts, figure-heads…
Past participle
fronted
e.g. fronted → faced, facaded, looked, aspected…

Choose the right word

Front, Former or Forward?

We can say former times, a former chapter, etc., but not the former part of a garden; we should say the front part of the garden, the forward car of a train.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • presence I was put to shame in the presence of many people.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
frontrising
presencesteady
battlefrontsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
van1
4 letters
look1, show1, head1, face1, lead1, brow1, fore1
5 letters
first1, brass1, gloss1, feign1, recto
6 letters
aspect2, breast1, prompt1, oppose2, facade2
7 letters
forward2, advance2, frontal2, obverse2
8 letters
movement2, presence2, foremost2, confront2, anterior4, audacity4, forepart
9 letters
encounter3, assurance3, impudence
11 letters
battlefront3, frontperson

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (aspect2 = 2 syllables).