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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end part |
| Synonyms: | aft, back end, backside, extremity, far end, hindpart, hindquarters, posterior, rear, reverse, stern, tail, tail end, tailpiece |
| Antonyms: | front |
| Main Entry: | fanny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buttocks |
| Synonyms: | ass, backside, behind*, bottom*, buns, butt*, cheeks, derriere, gluteus maximus, heinie, hindquarters, posterior, rear end, rump, seat*, tail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | back or end part |
| Synonyms: | afterpart, back, back door, back end, back seat, backside, behind, bottom, butt, buttocks, end, heel, hind, hind part, hindquarters, posterior, postern, rear end, rear guard, rearward, reverse, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tailpiece, tush |
| Notes: | one rears children and raises crops |
| Antonyms: | beginning, front |
| Main Entry: | rump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bottom, posterior of animal or human |
| Synonyms: | back, backside, beam, behind, breech, bum*, butt, butt end, buttocks, can*, croup, derrière, duff, fanny, haunches, hind end, hindquarters, keister, moon*, prat, rear, rear end, sacrum, seat, tail end, tail, tush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buttocks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rear |
| Synonyms: | back end, backside, behind, bottom, bum, butt, derriere, fanny, fundament, gluteus maximus, haunches, hindquarters, posterior, rear, rump, seat |
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| Concept: | Rear. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; special |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard; background, hinterland., occiput, nape, chine; heels; tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside, scut, breech, dorsum, loin; dorsal region, lumbar region; hind quarters; aitchbone; natch, natch bone., stern, poop, afterpart, heelpiece, crupper., wake; train (sequence)., reverse; other side of the shield.
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| Antonyms: | front |
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