Synonyms for aft
æft, ɑftaft

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1. aftadverb

   Synonyms:
   astern, abaft

   Antonyms:
   fore, forward

2. aftadverb

   At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).

   Synonyms:
   abaft, astern

   Antonyms:
   fore, forward

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1. aft(a)adverb

   (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail

   Antonyms:
   fore, forward

2. aft, abaft, asternadverb

   at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane

   "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"

   Synonyms:
   abaft, astern

   Antonyms:
   fore, forward

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1. aftadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) abaft, astern, behind, back, rearward, in the rear

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1. List of paraphrases for "aft":

   fts, stern, rear, rearward, back, aid-for-trade, atf, backward

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1. President Biden:

   David knows the AFT well.He served there for 25 years, and Vice President Harris and I believe he’s the right person, at this moment, for this important agency.

2. Joe Raedle/Getty:

   There will be a couple of what we call fast boats will come up to the capsule at that point and make sure that everything is safe on the outside of the capsule for it to be hoisted on board the recovery ship, at that point, the recovery ship is moving in and in communications with the fast boats ...once everybody gives the thumbs up that we are ready to be hoisted aboard it will get lifted aboard by a crane and cradled on board the aft portion of the ship.

3. Flint Mayor Karen Weaver:

   The people of Flint have been waiting for action to remove lead tainted lines, on March 4, I was pleased that we pulled and replaced the first lead line. This investment from union pension funds means that we can move forward to remove more lead lines and renew Flint's infrastructure. I am very grateful to ULLICO (Union Labor Life Insurance Company) and AFT (American Federation of Teachers) for putting this idea crafted at the Clinton Global Initiative into action in our community.

4. Mike Duthu:

   We deleted the composite mast and deleted the aft house. We took the Marines down to 500 and took half of the medical space away. We took four engines down to two, we deleted a generator, deleted the electrical load topside and we also made some of the systems simpler.

5. Boeing Co:

   A testing issue occurred during the final minutes of the test, at approximately 99 percent of the final test loads, and involved a depressurization of the aft fuselage.