Synonyms for front
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1. frontverb

   Antonyms:
   back, last, rear

2. frontverb

   To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

   Synonyms:
   put on airs

   Antonyms:
   back, rear

3. frontadjective

   a seafront or coastal promenade.

   Antonyms:
   back, rear

4. frontadjective

   To face (on, to), be pointed in a given direction.

   The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.

   Synonyms:
   first, lead, fore

   Antonyms:
   back, rear, last

5. frontverb

   The side of a building with the main entrance.

   Antonyms:
   back, last, rear

6. frontverb

   A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

   Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's front for the mafia.

   Antonyms:
   rear, back

7. frontverb

   The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.

   Antonyms:
   back, rear

8. frontverb

   An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.

   Antonyms:
   rear, back

9. frontnoun

   The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.

   Antonyms:
   rear, back

10. frontverb

    To act as a front (for); to cover (for).

    Antonyms:
    rear, back

11. frontverb

    When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.

    Antonyms:
    back, rear

12. frontnoun

    A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.

    Antonyms:
    back, rear

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1. front

   Antecedent may denote simple priority in time, implying no direct connection between that which goes before and that which follows; as, the striking of one clock may be always antecedent to the striking of another with no causal connection between them. Antecedent and previous may refer to that which goes or happens at any distance in advance, preceding is limited to that which is immediately or next before; an antecedent event may have happened at any time before; the preceding transaction is the one completed just before the one with which it is compared; a previous statement or chapter may be in any part of the book that has gone before; the preceding statement or chapter comes next before without an interval. Previous often signifies first by right; as, a previous engagement. Foregoing is used only of that which is spoken or written; as, the foregoing statements. Anterior, while it can be used of time, is coming to be employed chiefly with reference to place; as the anterior lobes of the brain. Prior bears exclusive reference to time, and commonly where that which is first in time is first also in right; as, a prior demand. Former is used of time, or of position in written or printed matter, not of space in general. We can say former times, a former chapter, etc., but not the former part of a garden; we should say the front part of the garden, the forward car of a train. Former has a close relation, or sharp contrast, with something following; the former always implies the latter, even when not fully expressed, as in Acts i, 1, and Eccles. vii, 10.

   Synonyms:
   antecedent, anterior, earlier, foregoing, former, forward, introductory, precedent, preceding, preliminary, previous, prior

   Antonyms:
   after, concluding, consequent, following, hind, hinder, hindmost, later, latter, posterior, subsequent, succeeding

   Preposition:
   Such was the state of things previous to the revolution. [Previous to is often used adverbially, in constructions where previously to would be more strictly correct; as, these arrangements were made previous to my departure.]

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1. front, front end, forepartnoun

   the side that is forward or prominent

   Synonyms:
   strawman, straw man, forepart, front man, battlefront, movement, front line, social movement, figurehead, front end, nominal head, presence

   Antonyms:
   backside, rear, back end, back

2. battlefront, front, front linenoun

   the line along which opposing armies face each other

   Synonyms:
   strawman, straw man, forepart, front man, battlefront, movement, front line, social movement, figurehead, front end, nominal head, presence

   Antonyms:
   rear, backside, back, back end

3. frontnoun

   the outward appearance of a person

   "he put up a bold front"

   Synonyms:
   strawman, straw man, forepart, front man, battlefront, movement, front line, social movement, figurehead, front end, nominal head, presence

   Antonyms:
   back, backside, rear, back end

4. frontnoun

   the side that is seen or that goes first

   Synonyms:
   strawman, straw man, forepart, front man, battlefront, movement, front line, social movement, figurehead, front end, nominal head, presence

   Antonyms:
   rear, backside, back, back end

5. front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawmannoun

   a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

   Synonyms:
   strawman, straw man, forepart, scarer, front man, battlefront, movement, front line, social movement, figurehead, scarecrow, front end, nominal head, presence, bird-scarer

   Antonyms:
   rear, backside, back, back end

6. frontnoun

   a sphere of activity involving effort

   "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"

   Synonyms:
   strawman, straw man, forepart, front man, battlefront, movement, front line, social movement, figurehead, front end, nominal head, presence

   Antonyms:
   back, back end, rear, backside

7. frontnoun

   (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses

   Synonyms:
   strawman, straw man, forepart, front man, battlefront, movement, front line, social movement, figurehead, front end, nominal head, presence

   Antonyms:
   rear, back, backside, back end

8. presence, frontnoun

   the immediate proximity of someone or something

   "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"

   Synonyms:
   bearing, strawman, comportment, forepart, front man, battlefront, movement, front line, straw man, social movement, figurehead, mien, front end, nominal head, presence

   Antonyms:
   rear, back, backside, back end

9. frontnoun

   the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer

   "he walked to the front of the stage"

   Synonyms:
   strawman, straw man, forepart, front man, battlefront, movement, front line, social movement, figurehead, front end, nominal head, presence

   Antonyms:
   rear, backside, back end, back

10. movement, social movement, frontadjective

    a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

    "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front"

    Synonyms:
    front man, straw man, apparent motion, bm, bowel movement, battlefront, crusade, drive, effort, move, movement, campaign, presence, drift, front line, apparent movement, figurehead, trend, nominal head, motion, cause, social movement, front end, strawman, motility, forepart

    Antonyms:
    rear, back end, back, backside

11. front(a)verb

    relating to or located in the front

    "the front lines"; "the front porch"

    Antonyms:
    back, back end, rear, backside

12. front, look, faceverb

    be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to

    "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"

    Synonyms:
    count, await, search, appear, seem, breast, reckon, look, face up, depend, bet, attend, take care, present, face, wait, calculate, expect, confront, see

    Antonyms:
    rear, back, back end, backside

13. front, breastverb

    confront bodily

    "breast the storm"

    Synonyms:
    face, summit, look, breast

    Antonyms:
    rear, back end, backside, back

Matched Categories

1. • Appearance
   • Atmospheric Phenomenon
   • Deceiver
   • Meteorology
   • Position
   • Proximity
   • Side
   • Sphere

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1. frontnoun

   Synonyms:
   forehead, brow

2. frontnoun

   Synonyms:
   van, fore-rank

3. frontnoun

   Synonyms:
   forepart, forward part

4. frontverb

   Synonyms:
   face, stand over against, stand opposite to

5. frontverb

   Synonyms:
   confront, encounter, oppose, meet face to face

6. frontverb

   Synonyms:
   face, be opposite

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1. frontadjective

   Synonyms:
   anterior, foremost

2. frontnoun

   Synonyms:
   facade, obverse, face, van, fore-rank, front rank

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1. List of paraphrases for "front":

   frente, newsweek, forehead, frontal, first, front-side, milf, before, head-on, brow, facade, prior, recto, frontline, page, ruf, ltte, face, initial, bezel, front-end, brows, ulfa, forward, forefront, ndf, pflp, 1st

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How to use front in a sentence?

1. Chief Executive Adrian Ringrose:

   The strategic theme for us is the development of our front-line public services business ... that is something that we have built up over the last two or three years and I think that has got a lot of potential ahead of it.

2. Tony Abbott:

   This is a ministry for jobs and families and it is a sign that this government wants the economy to be front and center in the coming year.

3. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   If you let a bully come in your front yard, he'll be on your porch the next day and the day after that he'll rape your wife in your own bed. (On appeasement)

4. Volodymyr Zelensky:

   If I visit a military base, the guys at the very front will hear about it and think I forgot about them, they need to know they have political support.

5. Le Pen:

   I'm ashamed that the President of the National Front has my name.