Main entry: rear, back
Definition: the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
Usage: he stood at the back of the stage; it was hidden in the rear of the store
Antonyms: front
Definition: the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
Main entry: rear, back
Definition: the side that goes last or is not normally seen
Usage: he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
Antonyms: front
Definition: the side that is seen or that goes first
Main entry: back
Definition: shift to a counterclockwise direction
Usage: the wind backed
Antonyms: veer
Definition: shift to a clockwise direction
Main entry: back
Definition: cause to travel backward
Usage: back the car into the parking spot
Antonyms: advance, bring forward
Definition: cause to move forward
Main entry: back
Definition: be in back of
Usage: My garage backs their yard
Definition: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
Main entry: back
Definition: related to or located at the back
Usage: the back yard; the back entrance
Antonyms: front
Definition: relating to or located in the front
Antonyms: front
Definition: the side that is seen or that goes first
Antonyms: head
Definition: the front of a military formation or procession
Antonyms: front, front end, forepart
Definition: the side that is forward or prominent
Main entry: back, hind, hinder
Definition: located at or near the back of an animal
Usage: back (or hind) legs; the hinder part of a carcass
Antonyms: anterior
Definition: of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
Main entry: back
Definition: of an earlier date
Usage: back issues of the magazine
Antonyms: current
Definition: occurring in or belonging to the present time
Main entry: back, backward
Definition: in or to or toward a past time
Usage: set the clocks back an hour; never look back; lovers of the past looking fondly backward
Main entry: backward, backwards, back, rearward, rearwards
Definition: at or to or toward the back or rear
Usage: he moved back; tripped when he stepped backward; she looked rearward out the window of the car
Antonyms: frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard, forward, forwards
Definition: at or to or toward the front