Synonyms for Anterior

//anˈtɪə.ɹi.ə//

Synonyms for "anterior" (68 found)

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Closest matches (14)

antecedent frontal album ana analects anticipatory chief ci-devant collection compilation delectus earlier early elder

Strong matches (20)

Adjective(3 words)

exordial first florilegium fore foregoing forehand foremost former forward front front tooth garland head headmost inaugural initiatory

Noun(1 words)

front tooth

Related words (34)

leading miscellany older omnibus past posy precedent preceding precessional precurrent precursory preexistent prefatory prefrontal preliminary preludial prelusive preparatory prevenient previous

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primary prime prior priority proemial propaedeutic senior treasure-house treasury

Adjective(3 words)

one-time quondam whilom

Prefix(1 words)

pre-

Adjective(1 words)

prior

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

1 entries

tooth

Antonyms

2 entries

posterior

Synonyms

1 entries

front tooth

Related terms

2 entries

auricularis anterior past anterior

derived

50 entries

anterior auricular muscle anterior cerebral artery anterior chamber anterior choroidal artery anterior ciliary artery anterior cingulate cortex anterior commissure anterior communicating artery anterior cruciate ligament anterior deltoid anterior ethmoidal artery anterior inferior cerebellar artery anterior median fissure anterior pituitary anterior pituitary gland anterior scalene muscle

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has context

1 entries

anatomy

is a

2 entries

controlled vocabulary types regurgitant jet

related to

9 entries

before earlier forward front head place preceding prior time

similar

7 entries

antecedent front frontal prefrontal

Translations

39 translations across 20 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

أَمَامِيّ adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)

Bulgarian

2 entries

преден adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)
предшестващ adj (before or earlier in time)

Catalan

2 entries

anterior adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)
anterior adj (before or earlier in time)

Chinese Mandarin

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前部 adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)

Dutch

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anterieur adj (before or earlier in time)

Esperanto

2 entries

antaŭa adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)
antaŭa adj (before or earlier in time)

Finnish

4 entries

aiempi adj (before or earlier in time)
aikaisempi adj (before or earlier in time)
anteriorinen adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)
edellinen adj (before or earlier in time)

French

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antérieur adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)

Galician

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anterior adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)
anterior adj (before or earlier in time)

German

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frontal adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)
früher adj (before or earlier in time)
vorder adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)
vorherig adj (before or earlier in time)

Greek

1 entries

πρόσθιος adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)

Indonesian

1 entries

anterior adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)

Italian

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anteriore adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)

Japanese

4 entries

優先する adj (before or earlier in time)
先んじる adj (before or earlier in time)
先行する adj (before or earlier in time)
前の adj (before or earlier in time)

Portuguese

2 entries

anterior adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)
anterior adj (before or earlier in time)

Romanian

2 entries

anterior adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)
anterior adj (before or earlier in time)

Russian

2 entries

передний adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)
предше́ствующий adj (before or earlier in time)

Spanish

1 entries

anterior adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)

Swedish

1 entries

främre adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)

Ukrainian

1 entries

пере́дній adj (anatomy: nearer the forward end)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The scientists used a group of students in their study. They discovered that students who described themselves as social and economic liberals had a greater density of gray matter in a brain region called the anterior cingulate.

Source: tatoeba (4271361)

The sounds babies make when they babble seem to contain a lot of anterior consonants.

Source: tatoeba (10660842)

The head, expanding from the neck, contracts to a bluntly pointed anterior end.

Source: tatoeba (10775222)

Knee surgeons at the University of Leuven in Belgium described, for the first time, a previously unknown ligament in the knee. The anterolateral ligament (ALL) appears to play an important role in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears.

Source: tatoeba (11526944)

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