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English adjective: rear | |||
| 1. | rear located in or toward the back or rear | ||
| Samples | The chair's rear legs. The rear door of the plane. On the rearward side. | ||
| Synonyms | rearward | ||
| Similar | back | ||
| Antonyms | front | ||
English noun: rear | |||
| 1. | rear (group) the back of a military formation or procession | ||
| Samples | Infantrymen were in the rear. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | formation | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| Antonyms | head | ||
| 2. | rear (location) the side of an object that is opposite its front | ||
| Samples | His room was toward the rear of the hotel. | ||
| Synonyms | back end, backside | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | face, side | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | nape, nucha, rearward, scruff | ||
| Antonyms | forepart, front, front end | ||
| 3. | rear (location) the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer | ||
| Samples | He stood at the back of the stage. It was hidden in the rear of the store. | ||
| Synonyms | back | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | place, position | ||
| Antonyms | front | ||
| 4. | rear (body) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | ||
| Samples | He deserves a good kick in the butt. Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?. | ||
| Synonyms | arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body part | ||
| Part meronym | body, torso, trunk | ||
| 5. | rear (artifact) the side that goes last or is not normally seen | ||
| Samples | He wrote the date on the back of the photograph. | ||
| Synonyms | back | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | side | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | after part, empennage, poop, quarter, stern, tail, tail, tail assembly | ||
| Antonyms | front | ||
English verb: rear | |||
| 1. | rear (motion) stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds | ||
| Samples | The horse reared in terror. | ||
| Synonyms | rise up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | straighten | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | rear back | ||
| 2. | rear (social) bring up | ||
| Samples | Raise a family. Bring up children. | ||
| Synonyms | bring up, nurture, parent, raise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cradle, fledge, foster | ||
| Cause | grow up | ||
| 3. | rear (stative) rise up | ||
| Samples | The building rose before them. | ||
| Synonyms | lift, rise | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appear, look, seem | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hulk, loom, predominate, tower | ||
| 4. | rear (motion) cause to rise up | ||
| Synonyms | erect | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cock up, pitch, prick, prick up, set up | ||
| 5. | rear (creation) construct, build, or erect | ||
| Samples | Raise a barn. | ||
| Synonyms | erect, put up, raise, set up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | build, construct, make | ||
| Domain category | building, construction | ||
| Antonyms | dismantle, pull down, rase, raze, tear down, level, take down | ||
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