Synonyms for rear
rɪərrear

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rearnoun

   Synonyms:
   back, end, tail

   Antonyms:
   van, front, face

2. rearverb

   Synonyms:
   raise, elevate, breed, discipline, erect, train, educate, instruct, foster, establish, construct, lift

   Antonyms:
   stifle, extinguish, kill, depress, subvert, demolish, destroy

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rearnoun

   the back of a military formation or procession

   "infantrymen were in the rear"

   Synonyms:
   rear end, tush, tooshie, keister, back, derriere, fanny, bottom, backside, buttocks, seat, stern, hind end, rump, tail, bum, prat, can, behind, butt, hindquarters, arse, posterior, buns, fundament, nates, back end, tail end, ass

   Antonyms:
   front, forepart, head, front end, front(a)

2. rear, backside, back endnoun

   the side of an object that is opposite its front

   "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"

   Synonyms:
   rear end, tush, tooshie, keister, back, derriere, fanny, bottom, backside, buttocks, seat, stern, hind end, rump, tail, bum, prat, can, behind, butt, hindquarters, arse, posterior, buns, fundament, nates, back end, tail end, ass

   Antonyms:
   forepart, front, head, front end, front(a)

3. back, rearnoun

   the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

   "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"

   Synonyms:
   fanny, binding, tail, seat, backrest, butt, rachis, can, fundament, nates, vertebral column, back, rear end, posterior, buttocks, spine, stern, bottom, backside, bum, spinal column, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, dorsum, hind end, book binding, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, back end, cover, tush, backbone, behind

   Antonyms:
   front, head, forepart, front end, front(a)

4. buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, assnoun

   the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

   "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

   Synonyms:
   screw, arse, keister, female genital organ, substructure, stinkpot, goat, cornerstone, stern, lavatory, git, croup, arsehole, butt, shadower, crapper, commode, throne, skunk, base, tooshie, foundation, butt end, lav, derriere, can buoy, shag, place, seat, prat, bottomland, hind end, behind, tin can, scum bag, asshole, freighter, understructure, ass, stub, backside, after part, female genitals, tramp, female genitalia, idler, nookie, toilet, piece of tail, laughingstock, shtup, poop, foot, screwing, posterior, potty, bathroom, quarter, do-nothing, back end, dirty dog, tush, tail, merchantman, canful, can, croupe, butt joint, john, back tooth, bunghole, nates, rat, rump, nooky, pot, back, privy, underside, piece of ass, rear end, layabout, bottom, buns, merchant ship, undersurface, tail assembly, hobo, loafer, fundament, stool, roll in the hay, empennage, rotter, so-and-so, stooge, target, stinker, buttocks, bottom of the inning, hindquarters, bum, cigaret, coffin nail, tin, crumb, groundwork, shadow, fag end, cigarette, bed, basis, tail end, fanny, lowlife, puke

   Antonyms:
   forepart, front end, head, front, front(a)

5. rear, backadjective

   the side that goes last or is not normally seen

   "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

   Synonyms:
   fanny, binding, tail, seat, backrest, butt, dorsum, rear end, can, nates, vertebral column, back, fundament, posterior, buttocks, behind, stern, bottom, backside, bum, rachis, spinal column, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, spine, hind end, book binding, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, back end, cover, tush, backbone

   Antonyms:
   head, front end, front, forepart, front(a)

6. rear(a), rearward(a)verb

   located in or toward the back or rear

   "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side"

   Antonyms:
   front end, front, head, forepart, front(a)

7. rear, rise upverb

   stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds

   "The horse reared in terror"

   Synonyms:
   bring up, nurture, arise, rebel, rise, raise, lift, surface, erect, come up, set up, parent, rise up, put up

   Antonyms:
   forepart, head, front, front end, front(a)

8. rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parentverb

   bring up

   "raise a family"; "bring up children"

   Synonyms:
   kindle, rise, arouse, put forward, leaven, set up, upgrade, boot, provoke, elevate, kick upstairs, recruit, upraise, enkindle, put up, heighten, stir, refer, elicit, advance, conjure, lift, fire, farm, cite, grow, bring up, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, advert, promote, nourish, prove, erect, raise, name, call down, get up, produce, call forth, invoke, mention, reboot, evoke, foster, parent, sustain, rise up, enhance

   Antonyms:
   front, head, front end, forepart, front(a)

9. rise, lift, rearverb

   rise up

   "The building rose before them"

   Synonyms:
   hook, rise, wind, cabbage, stand up, vacate, climb up, hoist, airlift, annul, elevate, uprise, put up, heighten, nobble, go up, rebel, surface, lift, plagiarize, arise, spring up, abstract, revoke, come up, grow, originate, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, reverse, nurture, resurrect, erect, ascend, snarf, overturn, repeal, develop, climb, swipe, raise, sneak, get up, prove, move up, set up, turn out, jump, purloin, rescind, bring up, face-lift, parent, mount, rise up, wax, rustle, pinch, countermand

   Antonyms:
   front, head, front end, forepart, front(a)

10. rear, erectverb

    cause to rise up

    Synonyms:
    bring up, nurture, rise, raise, lift, erect, set up, parent, rise up, put up

    Antonyms:
    head, front end, front, forepart, front(a)

11. raise, erect, rear, set up, put upverb

    construct, build, or erect

    "Raise a barn"

    Synonyms:
    elevate, resurrect, rise up, endure, provoke, launch, fire, leaven, call forth, entrap, put, stand, kick upstairs, lift, effect, frame, upgrade, put up, fix, digest, arrange, stomach, install, set up, provide, bring up, raise, recruit, enkindle, ready, levy, found, conjure, offer, establish, upraise, rise, contribute, effectuate, stick out, tolerate, conjure up, set, brook, suffer, enhance, gear up, domiciliate, prepare, put together, can, tack, post, house, prove, put forward, invoke, pitch, evoke, assemble, piece, heighten, put in, rig, instal, stir, order, elicit, ensnare, bear, nurture, parent, produce, erect, abide, nominate, kindle, arouse, grow, tin, promote, support, advance, farm, get up, lay out, call down, tack together

    Antonyms:
    front, head, forepart, front end, front(a)

Matched Categories

1. • Appear
   • Body Part
   • Construct
   • Construction
   • Formation
   • Military
   • Position
   • Raise
   • Straighten

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rearnoun

   Synonyms:
   hinder part (particularly of an army)

2. rearverb

   Synonyms:
   raise, elevate, lift, raise up

3. rearverb

   Synonyms:
   bring up, RAISE

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1. rearadjective

   Synonyms:
   hindmost

2. rearverb

   Synonyms:
   raise, lift, elevate, erect, build, bring up

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "rear":

   back, rearward, tail, aft, arrière, hatch, upright, backseat, rearmost, subsequent, later, rearguard, stern, hind, trailing, lineman, passenger

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rear

   Synonyms:
   Buttocks, see there
   

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How to use rear in a sentence?

1. Detroit Police Chief James Craig:

   I know that the congresswoman is making claims that they were peacefully marching when we intersected and intentionally hit peaceful protesters. [That is] not the case, they [surrounded] the vehicle, they began to pelt the vehicle –­not just one of our police cruisers but two of them –­and in one instance the rear window of one of our SUVs was broken out. And, the information I got from the officer in that vehicle was that he thought he wasbeing shot at.

2. Tony Basco:

   I've been lost. I'm like a puppy run away from its momma. She took care of me, but my wife, she'd say get up off your rear end and grow up. Because now I've got to take care of the bills, take care of the cat.

3. Michael Davey:

   It is not always possible or safe for officers to enter the rear of those transport vans that are very small, and this one was very small.

4. Daniel Webster:

   If we work upon marble, it will perish if we work upon brass, time will efface it if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust but if we work upon immortal minds and instill into them just principles, we are then engraving that upon tablets which no time will efface, but will brighten and brighten to all eternity.

5. Russell Griffin:

   Attention is needed for safety technology in the rear of vehicles.