Rereward

Synonyms for "rereward" (64 found)

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Closest matches (13)

back backward backwards a rebours a reculons aback abaft aft after aftermost afterpart afterpiece against the grain

Strong matches (19)

anticlockwise arear ass backwards ass-backwards astern away back door back seat back side behind breech counterclockwise fro heel hind hind end

Adverb(3 words)

back backward backwards

Related words (32)

hind part hinder hindermost hindhand hindhead hindmost hindward hindwards in reverse occiput posterior posteriorly postern rear rear end rearmost rearwards retrad retrograde reverse

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stern tail tail end tailpiece tailward tailwards to the rear widdershins

Adjective(2 words)

Adverb(1 words)

Adverb(1 words)

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Do not liue Hero, do not ope thine eies: / For did I thinke thou wouldſt not quickly die / Thought I thy ſpirites were ſtronger than thy ſhames / My ſelfe would on the rereward of reproches / Strike at thy life.

Source: wiktionary

For, though it were a knowen corruption, and therefore ſhould haue beene auoyded; yet [Robert] Bellarmine in muſtering vp the Fathers authorities, for proofe of the reading, ipſa (the beſt ground of their Mariolatrie) brings in [John] Chryſoſtom in the rereward.

Source: wiktionary

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