Dictionary entry details
• REAR (noun)
Meaning:
The back of a military formation or procession
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
infantrymen were in the rear
Hypernyms ("rear" is a kind of...):
formation (an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Antonym:
head (the front of a military formation or procession)
Meaning:
The side of an object that is opposite its front
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
backside; back end; rear
Context example:
his room was toward the rear of the hotel
Hypernyms ("rear" is a kind of...):
face; side (a surface forming part of the outside of an object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rear"):
nape; nucha; scruff (the back side of the neck)
rearward (direction toward the rear)
Antonym:
front (the side that is forward or prominent)
Meaning:
The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
back; rear
Context examples:
he stood at the back of the stage / it was hidden in the rear of the store
Hypernyms ("rear" is a kind of...):
place; position (the particular portion of space occupied by something)
Meaning:
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
hind end; hindquarters; keister; nates; posterior; prat; rear end; fanny; buttocks; behind; ass; derriere; tush; buns; tooshie; arse; fundament; backside; seat; rump; tail end; stern; bottom; rear; tail; can; butt; bum
Context examples:
he deserves a good kick in the butt / are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Hypernyms ("rear" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Holonyms ("rear" is a part of...):
body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)
Meaning:
The side that goes last or is not normally seen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
back; rear
Context example:
he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
Hypernyms ("rear" is a kind of...):
side (an extended outer surface of an object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rear"):
after part; poop; quarter; stern; tail (the rear part of a ship)
empennage; tail; tail assembly (the rear part of an aircraft)
Antonym:
front (the side that is seen or that goes first)
• REAR (adjective)
Meaning:
Located in or toward the back or rear
Synonyms:
rear; rearward
Context examples:
the chair's rear legs / the rear door of the plane / on the rearward side
Similar:
back (related to or located at the back)
• REAR (verb)
Meaning:
Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
rear; rise up
Context example:
The horse reared in terror
Hypernyms (to "rear" is one way to...):
straighten (get up from a sitting or slouching position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rear"):
rear back (rear backwards on its hind legs)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Bring up
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
parent; bring up; nurture; rear; raise
Context examples:
raise a family / bring up children
Cause:
grow up (become an adult)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rear"):
fledge (feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight)
cradle (bring up from infancy)
foster (bring up under fosterage; of children)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Rise up
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
rear; rise; lift
Context example:
The building rose before them
Hypernyms (to "rear" is one way to...):
appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rear"):
hulk; loom; predominate; tower (appear very large or occupy a commanding position)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Cause to rise up
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
erect; rear
Hypernyms (to "rear" is one way to...):
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rear"):
cock up; prick; prick up (raise)
pitch; set up (erect and fasten)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Construct, build, or erect
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
erect; put up; set up; rear; raise
Context example:
Raise a barn
Hypernyms (to "rear" is one way to...):
build; construct; make (make by combining materials and parts)
Domain category:
building; construction (the act of constructing something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
