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rear

/ˈɹɪɚ/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable

Rear means: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.

Synonyms for rear41

noun, as in the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat
and 13 more, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass

noun, as in the side of an object that is opposite its front

backside, back end

noun, as in the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

back

noun, as in the side that goes last or is not normally seen

back

verb, as in look after a child until it is an adult

raise, bring up, nurture, parent

verb, as in construct, build, or erect

raise, erect, set up, put up

verb, as in rise up

rise, lift

verb, as in stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds

rise up

verb, as in cause to rise up

erect

adjective, as in located in or toward the back or rear

rearward, back

also used for rear

prance

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of rear

front, head

What does rear mean?11

noun

1

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on“he deserves a good kick in the butt”

2

the side of an object that is opposite its front“his room was toward the rear of the hotel”

3

the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer“he stood at the back of the stage”

4

the side that goes last or is not normally seen“he wrote the date on the back of the photograph”

5

the back of a military formation or procession“infantrymen were in the rear”

verb

1

look after a child until it is an adult“raise a family”

2

construct, build, or erect“Raise a barn”

3

rise up“The building rose before them”

4

stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds“The horse reared in terror”

5

cause to rise up

adjective

1

located in or toward the back or rear“the chair's rear legs”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with rear?51

Show 40 near rhymes
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All 51 rhymes for rear, grouped by syllable

Rear in a sentence

  • Boris sat in his truck, anxiously watching the rear view mirror.Amastan
  • If you take a spill there, your rear end will be flattened.anzart
  • The hijackers moved to the rear of the plane.CK
  • Smokers are asked to occupy the rear seats.fadi
  • A bunch of people thrust their way toward the rear exit.CM
  • Please move to the rear of the bus.CK
  • Speak louder for the benefit of those in the rear.fadi
  • They had a dent in the rear door.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of rear

as a noun

plural
rears

as a verb

past tense
reared
present participle
rearing
third-person singular
rears
past participle
reared

as a adjective

comparative
rearer
superlative
rearest