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Synonyms for rear

47 synonyms
5 antonyms
4 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

back-side posterior bottom seat

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Posterior

back-side, posterior, bottom, seat, ass, tail, after, bum, behind, butt, tail-end, hinder, stern, rump, derriere, fanny, can, tush, pratt, buns, fundament, nates

Other

back, back-end, reverse

Verb

1. Train — to bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster

bring up, train, breed, nurture, parent, discipline, foster, educate, nurse

2. Raise

raise, build, erect, put up, raise up, make, elevate, construct

3. Lift

lift, rise up, rise

Other

rear-end, prance

Antonyms

head, front, forward

All antonyms of rear →

Definitions

n. 1
The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.
v. 1
To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
v. 2
To breed and raise.
The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years.
v. 3
To rise up on the hind legs.
The horse was shocked, and thus reared.

Related words

Phrases: rear-end my rear rear admiral rear light rear one's head rear vision mirror rear projection rear gunner

Forms

Plural: rears → back-sides, posteriors, bottoms, seats…
Past participle: reared
e.g. reared → trained, bred, nurtured, parented…

Example sentences

bottom There must be something at the bottom of all this.
seat Take a seat in the armchair and calm down a while.
tail The tail of a fox is longer than that of a rabbit.
posterior Tom has a posterior hip dislocation.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
rear		steady
bottom		steady
seat		rising
tail		steady
posterior		steady

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

By length

3 letters: can¹, ass¹, bum¹
4 letters: make¹, back¹, seat¹, rise¹, lift¹, tail¹, butt¹, buns¹, rump¹, tush¹
5 letters: after², train¹, build¹, raise¹, nurse¹, breed¹, stern¹, pratt¹, fanny², erect², nates
6 letters: behind², bottom², parent², foster², hinder², prance¹
7 letters: reverse², educate³, elevate³, nurture²
8 letters: derriere
9 letters: construct², posterior³, fundament
10 letters: discipline³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (after² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: arrière
Italiano: estremo
Español: trasera
Català: darrere