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rear

The word “rear” has 1 syllable: rear

It's pronounced as /rɪr/

What is synonym and antonym for rear?

In the thesaurus, “rear” has 169 synonyms and 59 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for rear along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for rear

Antonyms for rear

Meanings of rear

  • verb
    1. To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
    2. (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
    3. To rise up on the hind legs.
    4. (usually with "up") To get angry.
    5. To rise high above, tower above.
    6. To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
    7. To construct by building; to set up.
    8. To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
    9. To lift and take up.
    10. To rouse; to strip up.
    11. To move; stir.
    12. (of geese) To carve.
    13. (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life).
    14. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
    15. To sodomize (perform anal sex).
  • adjective
    1. (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
    2. (of meats) Rare.
    3. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost.
  • noun
    1. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
    2. Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
    3. The buttocks, a creature's bottom.
  • adverb
    1. Early; soon.

Example Sentences

  • The garden is located at the rear of the house.
  • The car was badly damaged at the rear after the accident.
  • They built a small deck off the rear entrance.
  • A tall fence surrounds the rear yard for privacy.
  • The passengers exited through the rear door of the bus.

On this page you'll find 228 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to rear, such as: abuse, advance, aft, after, anterior, assemble, attend.

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  • aback
  • abaft
  • aft
  • after
  • afterwards
  • astern
  • at the heels of
  • at the rear of
  • back
  • backward
  • behind
  • below
  • bringing up the rear
  • eating the dust
  • ensuing
  • final
  • following
  • hind
  • hindmost
  • in back of
  • in the background
  • in the rear
  • in the wake
  • in the wake of
  • later
  • later than
  • next
  • off the pace
  • posterior
  • postern
  • postliminary
  • rear
  • rearmost
  • rearward
  • subsequential
  • subsequently
  • succeeding
  • tail
  • thereafter
  • trailing

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