Antonyms for rear
rɪərrear

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1. rearnoun

   Antonyms:
   van, front, face

   Synonyms:
   back, end, tail

2. rearverb

   Antonyms:
   stifle, extinguish, kill, depress, subvert, demolish, destroy

   Synonyms:
   raise, elevate, breed, discipline, erect, train, educate, instruct, foster, establish, construct, lift

Matched Categories

1. • Appear
   • Body Part
   • Construct
   • Construction
   • Formation
   • Military
   • Position
   • Raise
   • Straighten

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1. rearnoun

   the back of a military formation or procession

   "infantrymen were in the rear"

   Antonyms:
   front, forepart, head, front end, front(a)

   Synonyms:
   rear end, tush, tooshie, keister, back, derriere, fanny, bottom, backside, buttocks, seat, stern, hind end, rump, tail, bum, prat, can, behind, butt, hindquarters, arse, posterior, buns, fundament, nates, back end, tail end, ass

2. rear, backside, back endnoun

   the side of an object that is opposite its front

   "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"

   Antonyms:
   forepart, front, head, front end, front(a)

   Synonyms:
   rear end, tush, tooshie, keister, back, derriere, fanny, bottom, backside, buttocks, seat, stern, hind end, rump, tail, bum, prat, can, behind, butt, hindquarters, arse, posterior, buns, fundament, nates, back end, tail end, ass

3. back, rearnoun

   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"

   Antonyms:
   front, head, forepart, front end, front(a)

   Synonyms:
   fanny, binding, tail, seat, backrest, butt, rachis, can, fundament, nates, vertebral column, back, rear end, posterior, buttocks, spine, stern, bottom, backside, bum, spinal column, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, dorsum, hind end, book binding, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, back end, cover, tush, backbone, behind

4. buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, assnoun

   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?"

   Antonyms:
   forepart, front end, head, front, front(a)

   Synonyms:
   screw, arse, keister, female genital organ, substructure, stinkpot, goat, cornerstone, stern, lavatory, git, croup, arsehole, butt, shadower, crapper, commode, throne, skunk, base, tooshie, foundation, butt end, lav, derriere, can buoy, shag, place, seat, prat, bottomland, hind end, behind, tin can, scum bag, asshole, freighter, understructure, ass, stub, backside, after part, female genitals, tramp, female genitalia, idler, nookie, toilet, piece of tail, laughingstock, shtup, poop, foot, screwing, posterior, potty, bathroom, quarter, do-nothing, back end, dirty dog, tush, tail, merchantman, canful, can, croupe, butt joint, john, back tooth, bunghole, nates, rat, rump, nooky, pot, back, privy, underside, piece of ass, rear end, layabout, bottom, buns, merchant ship, undersurface, tail assembly, hobo, loafer, fundament, stool, roll in the hay, empennage, rotter, so-and-so, stooge, target, stinker, buttocks, bottom of the inning, hindquarters, bum, cigaret, coffin nail, tin, crumb, groundwork, shadow, fag end, cigarette, bed, basis, tail end, fanny, lowlife, puke

5. rear, backadjective

   the side that goes last or is not normally seen

   "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

   Antonyms:
   head, front end, front, forepart, front(a)

   Synonyms:
   fanny, binding, tail, seat, backrest, butt, dorsum, rear end, can, nates, vertebral column, back, fundament, posterior, buttocks, behind, stern, bottom, backside, bum, rachis, spinal column, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, spine, hind end, book binding, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, back end, cover, tush, backbone

6. rear(a), rearward(a)verb

   located in or toward the back or rear

   "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side"

   Antonyms:
   front end, front, head, forepart, front(a)

7. rear, rise upverb

   stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds

   "The horse reared in terror"

   Antonyms:
   forepart, head, front, front end, front(a)

   Synonyms:
   bring up, nurture, arise, rebel, rise, raise, lift, surface, erect, come up, set up, parent, rise up, put up

8. rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parentverb

   bring up

   "raise a family"; "bring up children"

   Antonyms:
   front, head, front end, forepart, front(a)

   Synonyms:
   kindle, rise, arouse, put forward, leaven, set up, upgrade, boot, provoke, elevate, kick upstairs, recruit, upraise, enkindle, put up, heighten, stir, refer, elicit, advance, conjure, lift, fire, farm, cite, grow, bring up, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, advert, promote, nourish, prove, erect, raise, name, call down, get up, produce, call forth, invoke, mention, reboot, evoke, foster, parent, sustain, rise up, enhance

9. rise, lift, rearverb

   rise up

   "The building rose before them"

   Antonyms:
   front, head, front end, forepart, front(a)

   Synonyms:
   hook, rise, wind, cabbage, stand up, vacate, climb up, hoist, airlift, annul, elevate, uprise, put up, heighten, nobble, go up, rebel, surface, lift, plagiarize, arise, spring up, abstract, revoke, come up, grow, originate, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, reverse, nurture, resurrect, erect, ascend, snarf, overturn, repeal, develop, climb, swipe, raise, sneak, get up, prove, move up, set up, turn out, jump, purloin, rescind, bring up, face-lift, parent, mount, rise up, wax, rustle, pinch, countermand

10. rear, erectverb

    cause to rise up

    Antonyms:
    head, front end, front, forepart, front(a)

    Synonyms:
    bring up, nurture, rise, raise, lift, erect, set up, parent, rise up, put up

11. raise, erect, rear, set up, put upverb

    construct, build, or erect

    "Raise a barn"

    Antonyms:
    front, head, forepart, front end, front(a)

    Synonyms:
    elevate, resurrect, rise up, endure, provoke, launch, fire, leaven, call forth, entrap, put, stand, kick upstairs, lift, effect, frame, upgrade, put up, fix, digest, arrange, stomach, install, set up, provide, bring up, raise, recruit, enkindle, ready, levy, found, conjure, offer, establish, upraise, rise, contribute, effectuate, stick out, tolerate, conjure up, set, brook, suffer, enhance, gear up, domiciliate, prepare, put together, can, tack, post, house, prove, put forward, invoke, pitch, evoke, assemble, piece, heighten, put in, rig, instal, stir, order, elicit, ensnare, bear, nurture, parent, produce, erect, abide, nominate, kindle, arouse, grow, tin, promote, support, advance, farm, get up, lay out, call down, tack together

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1. rearadjective

   Synonyms:
   hindmost

2. rearverb

   Synonyms:
   raise, lift, elevate, erect, build, bring up

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1. rear

   Synonyms:
   Buttocks, see there
   

How to use rear in a sentence?

1. Kevin Hanley:

   For the last five years the industry has tended to communicate strategy through the rear-view mirror, we are now starting to lift our heads up, look out of the windscreen and talk about where we want to go.

2. Detroit Police Chief James Craig:

   They [surrounded] the vehicle, they began to pelt the vehicle –­not just one of our police cruisers but two of them –­and in one instance the rear window of one of our SUVs was broken out. And, the information I got from the officer in that vehicle was that he thought he wasbeing shot at.

3. White House:

   Refusing to evacuate to the rear despite his severe wounds, he directed the operation of his lone field piece continuing to fire in the face of the enemy, with the rebels within 100 yards of his position, Cushing was shot and killed during this heroic stand. His actions made it possible for the Union Army to successfully repulse the Confederate assault.

4. Carl Whitney:

   He was able to get access from the rear passenger side to the front side …and a high-powered rifle.

5. Jesse Walaschek:

   We felt the loudest boom that you could possibly feel. I looked in my rear view mirror and it was just a dust cloud, had we walked out of that gym 15 seconds later, I would've been getting my kids in the car when it went off. I probably wouldn't be here, my kids wouldn't be here.

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