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: rear
Definition: the back of a military formation or procession
Usage: infantrymen were in the rear
Antonyms: head
Definition: the front of a military formation or procession
Main entry: rear, back end, backside
Definition: the side of an object that is opposite its front
Usage: his room was toward the rear of the hotel
Main entry: set up, put up, raise, rear, erect
Definition: construct, build, or erect
Usage: Raise a barn
Antonyms: rase, raze, pull down, dismantle, take down, tear down, level
Definition: tear down so as to make flat with the ground
Main entry: rear, rearward
Definition: located in or toward the back or rear
Usage: the chair's rear legs; the rear door of the plane; on the rearward side
Antonyms: front
Definition: the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
Antonyms: veer
Definition: shift to a clockwise direction
Antonyms: advance, bring forward
Definition: cause to move forward
Definition: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
Antonyms: front
Definition: relating to or located in the front
Definition: toward the future; forward in time