Synonyms for rear


Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : reer
Phonetic Transcription : rɪər

Top 10 synonyms for rear Other synonyms for the word rear

Définition of rear

Origin :
  • "hindmost part," c.1600, abstracted from rerewarde "rear guard, hindmost part of an army or fleet" (mid-14c.), from Anglo-French rerewarde, Old French rieregarde, from Old French adverb riere "behind" (from Latin retro "back, behind;" see retro-) + Old French garde (see guard (n.)). Or the word may be a shortened form of arrear (see arrears).
  • As a euphemism for "buttocks" it is attested from 1796. Rear admiral is first attested 1580s, apparently so called from ranking "behind" an admiral proper. Rear-view (mirror) is recorded from 1926.
  • adj back, end
  • noun back or end part
  • verb raise young
  • verb lift, rise
  • verb build
Example sentences :
  • Two field pieces were disposed in the front and two in the rear line.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • Better to strike the rear guard than to feather a shaft in the earth.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • At the rear of the house she shook off his arm and preceded him around the building.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • So that their bodies might rear up, and no man resist their attack.
  • Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
  • One of these should take his position in the rear of the machine, and one at each end.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • The same holds good as to minor front or rear displacements.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • She had lost a mother who was fine enough to rear Marian to what she is.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • There are usually 12 of these, six on the front edge, and six on the rear.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • The rear vertical rudder is manipulated by means of a foot lever.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • Gliders as a rule have only one rudder, and this is in the rear.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

Antonyms for rear

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