fores [fawr, fohr]
Main Entry:
bow [bou]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: front of boat
Synonyms: beak, bowsprit, fore, forepart, head, nose, prow, stem
Main Entry: forefront/foreground
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: prominence
Synonyms: beginning, center, cutting-edge, focus, fore, forepart, front, lead, leading-edge, limelight, on the line, spearhead*, state-of-the-art, vanguard
Antonyms: back, background, rear, unimportance
Main Entry: front
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: forward, beginning part of something
Synonyms: anterior, bow, breast, brow, exterior, facade, face, facing, fore, foreground, forehead, forepart, front line, frontage, frontal, frontispiece, head, lead, obverse, proscenium, top, van, vanguard
Antonyms: back, rear
Main Entry: head
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: front, beginning
Synonyms: commencement, first place, fore, forefront, fountainhead, origin, rise, source, start, van, vanguard
Antonyms: conclusion, end, ending, finish
Main Entry: warning
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: notice of possible occurrence
Synonyms: Mayday, SOS, admonition, advice, alarm, alert, augury, caution, caveat, distress signal, example, exhortation, fore, foretoken, forewarning, guidance, handwriting on wall, heads up, hint, indication, information, injunction, intimation, lesson, look out, notification, omen, portent, prediction, premonition, presage, recommendation, sign, signal, suggestion, threat, tip, tip-off, token, watch-it, wink, word, word to the wise
Main Entry: forefront
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: prominence
Synonyms: beginning, center, cutting edge, focus, fore, foreground, forepart, front, lead, leading edge, limelight, spearhead, vanguard
Antonyms: background
Main Entry: prow
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bow
Synonyms: bowsprit, fore, head, stem
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Front.
Category: 3. Centrical dimensions; special
Synonyms:
-nouns
front; fore, forepart; foreground; face, disk, disc, frontage; facade, proscenium, facia, frontispiece; anteriority; obverse [of a medal or coin]., fore rank, front rank; van, vanguard; advanced guard; outpost; first line; scout., brow, forehead, visage, physiognomy, phiz, countenance, mug; rostrum, beak, bow, stem, prow, prore, jib., pioneer (precursor); metoposcopy.
-verbs
be in front, stand in front; front, face, confront; bend forwards; come to the front, come to the fore.
-adjectives
fore, anterior, front, frontal.
-adverbs
before; in front, in the van, in advance; ahead, right ahead; forehead, foremost; in the foreground, in the lee of; before one's face, before one's eyes; face to face, vis-a-vis; front a front.
-phrases
formosa muta commendatio est [Syrus]; frons est animi janua [Cicero]; "Human face divine" [Milton]; imago animi vultus est indices oculi [Cicero]; "sea of upturned
Antonyms: rear
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Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Warning.
Category: 2. Subservience to Ends; Contingent Subservience
Synonyms:
-nouns
warning, early warning, caution, caveat; notice (information); premonition, premonishment; prediction; contraindication, lesson, dehortation; admonition, monition; alarm., handwriting on the wall, mene mene tekel upharsin, red flag, yellow flag; fog-signal, foghorn; siren; monitor, warning voice, Cassandra, signs of the times, Mother Cary's chickens, stormy petrel, bird of ill omen, gathering clouds, clouds in the horizon, death watch., watchtower, beacon, signal post; lighthouse (indication of locality)., sentinel, sentry; watch, watchman; watch and ward; watchdog, bandog, housedog; patrol, patrolman, vedette, picket, bivouac, scout, spy, spial; undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman; advanced guard, rear guard; lookout., cautiousness.
-verbs
warn, caution; forewarn, prewarn; admonish, premonish; give notice, give warning, dehort; menace (threaten); put on one's guard; sound the alarm; croak., beware, ware; take warning, take heed at one's peril; keep watch and ward (care).
-adjectives
warning; premonitory, monitory, cautionary; admonitory, admonitive; sematic., warned, forewarned; on one's guard (careful) [more], (cautious) [more].
-phrases
ne reveillez pas le chat qui dort; foenum habet in cornu; caveat actor; le silence du people est la legon des rois; verbum sat sapienti; un averti en vaut deux.
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