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rear

[reer] / rɪər /
ADJECTIVE
back, end
Synonyms
STRONG
behind following hind hinder last mizzen posterior postern rearward reverse stern tail
WEAK
aft after astern backward dorsal hindermost hindmost rearmost retral
Antonyms
STRONG
first front preceding
WEAK
beginning
NOUN
back or end part
Synonyms
STRONGEST
back back door back end backside bottom butt rear end tail
STRONG
behind buttocks end heel hind hindquarters posterior postern rearward reverse rump seat stern tailpiece tush
WEAK
afterpart back seat hind part rear guard tail end
Antonyms
STRONGEST
front
WEAK
beginning
VERB
raise young
Synonyms
STRONGEST
breed bring up care for educate
STRONG
cultivate foster grow nurse nurture propagate train
Antonyms
STRONG
destroy ignore neglect
WEAK
abandon drop fall
VERB
lift, rise
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bring up raise turn up
STRONG
elevate hoist jump leap loom soar support tower uphold uplift upraise
WEAK
hold up pick up set upright spring up take up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abandon
STRONG
decrease drop lower
WEAK
destroy fall neglect
VERB
build
Synonyms
STRONGEST
raise
STRONG
construct erect fabricate
WEAK
put up set up uprear
Antonyms
STRONG
break demolish destroy raze ruin
WEAK
abandon drop fall neglect

Example Sentences

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Video from the area showed the rear passenger’s side door of the four-door sedan, as well as the trunk, opened.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

But other drivers have found they cannot cope with such a car - they prefer a more stable rear end.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The president is delivered to the rear of the stage without the public seeing him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

What we refer to as a rear window is more widely known as a “backlight.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Soon thousands of panicking French soldiers were streaming to the rear.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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