Rear

//ɹɪɹ//

Synonyms for "rear" (340 found)

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Closest matches (68)

Strong matches (102)

Related words (170)

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Translations

232 translations across 55 languages.

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Afar

1 entries
  • sarra noun (the back or hindmost part)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • ὀπίσθιος adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • τρέφω verb (to bring up to maturity)
  • τρέφω verb (to breed and raise)

Arabic

1 entries
  • خَلْفِيّ adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ետեւ noun (the back or hindmost part)
  • թիկունք noun (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)
  • հետեւ noun (the back or hindmost part)

Bangi

1 entries
  • mbisa noun (the back or hindmost part)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • за́дні adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • ты́льны adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • за́ден adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • задна част noun (the back or hindmost part)
  • задник noun (the posterior, butt(ocks)- only terms with directional notion)
  • тил noun (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • پێگەیشتن verb (to bring up to maturity)
  • پەروەردە کردن verb (to bring up to maturity)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 後面的 /后面的 adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • 後面 /后面 noun (the back or hindmost part)

Czech

2 entries
  • zadní adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • vychovat verb (to bring up to maturity)

Danish

1 entries
  • bagdel noun (the back or hindmost part)

Dutch

4 entries
  • achter adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • achtereind noun (the posterior, butt(ocks)- only terms with directional notion)
  • achterhoede noun (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)
  • achterkant noun (the back or hindmost part)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ariero noun (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)
  • baŭmi verb (to rise on the hind legs)

Ewe

1 entries
  • nyi verb (to bring up to maturity)

Finnish

4 entries
  • taka adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • perä noun (the back or hindmost part)
  • peräpää noun (the back or hindmost part)
  • peräpää noun (the posterior, butt(ocks)- only terms with directional notion)

French

4 entries
  • arrière adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • postérieur adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • arrière-garde noun (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)
  • derrière noun (the back or hindmost part)

Galician

4 entries
  • criar verb (to bring up to maturity)
  • criar verb (to breed and raise)
  • erguer verb (to lift, raise etc. physically)
  • erguer verb (to lift spiritually)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ყალყზე დადგომა verb (to rise on the hind legs)

German

4 entries
  • Hinterseite noun (the back or hindmost part)
  • Nachhut noun (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)
  • aufbäumen verb (to rise on the hind legs)
  • aufrichten verb (to lift, raise etc. physically)

Greek

2 entries
  • πισινός adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • οπισθοφυλακή noun (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • hátsó adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • hátulsó adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • hátsó noun (the back or hindmost part)
  • hátsó fertály noun (the back or hindmost part)

Ido

2 entries
  • edukar verb (to bring up to maturity)
  • edukar verb (to breed and raise)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • perä noun (the back or hindmost part)

Irish

3 entries
  • tóg verb (to lift, raise etc. physically)
  • tóg verb (to bring up to maturity)
  • tóg verb (to breed and raise)

Italian

4 entries
  • posteriore adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • retro adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • didietro noun (the posterior, butt(ocks)- only terms with directional notion)
  • posteriore noun (the back or hindmost part)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 後ろの adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • 後方の adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • しんがり noun (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)
  • 後ろ noun (the back or hindmost part)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ចិញ្ចឹម verb (to bring up to maturity)
  • ចិញ្ចឹម verb (to breed and raise)
  • លៀង verb (to bring up to maturity)

Korean

3 entries
  • 뒤의 adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • 배후의 adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • 배후 noun (the back or hindmost part)

Latin

1 entries
  • postīcus adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)

Latvian

1 entries
  • audzināt verb (to bring up to maturity)

Lingala

2 entries
  • mabeke noun (the back or hindmost part)
  • mbisa noun (the back or hindmost part)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • galinis adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • užpakalinis adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • заден adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)

Māori

4 entries
  • hiku noun (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)
  • kumu noun (the posterior, butt(ocks)- only terms with directional notion)
  • muri noun (the back or hindmost part)
  • tānapu verb (to rise on the hind legs)

Ngombe (Congo)

1 entries
  • mabeke noun (the back or hindmost part)

Norman

2 entries
  • arriéthe adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • arriéthe noun (the back or hindmost part)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • bakre adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • bakre adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • آرد noun (the back or hindmost part)

Pashto

2 entries
  • شا noun (the back or hindmost part)
  • څټ noun (the back or hindmost part)

Polabian

1 entries
  • aχterskă adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)

Polish

3 entries
  • tylny adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • zadni adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • stanąć dęba verb (to rise on the hind legs)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • posterior adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • traseiro adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • posterior noun (the posterior, butt(ocks)- only terms with directional notion)
  • retaguarda noun (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)

Russian

4 entries
  • за́дний adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • ты́льный adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • хвостово́й adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • за́дняя сторона́ noun (the back or hindmost part)

Saho

1 entries
  • sarra noun (the back or hindmost part)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • tog verb (to lift, raise etc. physically)
  • tog verb (to set up, construct)
  • tog verb (to bring up to maturity)
  • tog verb (to breed and raise)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • zȁdnjī adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • за̏дњӣ adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)

Slovak

1 entries
  • zadný adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)

Slovene

1 entries
  • zadnji adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)

Spanish

4 entries
  • trasero adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • parte posterior noun (the back or hindmost part)
  • retaguardia noun (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)
  • rezaga noun (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)

Swedish

1 entries
  • bakre adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)

Tahitian

1 entries
  • tohe noun (the back or hindmost part)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • за́дній adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)
  • ти́льний adj (being behind, or in the hindmost part)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • nuôi verb (to breed and raise)
  • nuôi nấng verb (to bring up to maturity)
  • nâng verb (to lift, raise etc. physically)

Walloon

1 entries
  • dirî noun (the posterior, butt(ocks)- only terms with directional notion)

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

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I rear cattle.

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The hijackers moved to the rear of the plane.

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Smokers are asked to occupy the rear seats.

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A bunch of people thrust their way toward the rear exit.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.