Word Type

Verb

Noun

Adjective

Adverb

Adjective

The word "rear" can be used as verb, noun, adjective, adverb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

front front head

Causes

grow up

Derived Terms

behind bring up the rear childrearing corear in the rear with the gear kingpin to rear axle misrear my rear pain in the rear raring rear admiral rear back rear double biceps rear echelon rear end rear exit rear guard rear gunner rear light rear naked choke rear one's head rear one's ugly head rear projection rear sight rear up rear view rear vision mirror rear wheel rear-boiled rear-end rear-end collision rear-ended rear-ender rear-fanged rear-guard rear-horse rear-roasted rear-view rear-view mirror rear-vision mirror rear-wheel drive rearfoot rearguard rearhorse rearing bit rearmost rearmouse rearseat rearset rearsight rearview rearward rearwards the sight nearest the breech unified rear triangle unreared uprear

Distinct From

front

Etymologically Related To

rise

Context

anatomy british dialect literary military regional obsolete said of people towards animals us vulgar

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

appear body part bring up build care construct elevate face formation get up give care lift look make place position raise seem side straighten

Type Of (IsA)

formation side

Manner Of

raise straighten

Related Terms

reremouse uproar

Related Terms

army back backside behind behind section bottom breed bring bring up buttocks carve construct direction early educate elevate fleet foster front hindmost in back instruct life lift look look in mirror move person person behind quicken raise rare raw reremouse revive rise up rouse section sitting sitting on sodomize soon stir take up to tower underdone uproar view view mirror

Similar Terms

back

Synonym Network

back build buttocks elevate erect establish lift prance raise rear end rearward rise

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