rear

Adjective

• located in or toward the back or rear
  • the chair's rear legs
    
  • the rear door of the plane
    
  • on the rearward side
    

Noun

• the side that goes last or is not normally seen
  • he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
    

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • he deserves a good kick in the butt
    
  • are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
    

• the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
  • he stood at the back of the stage
    
  • it was hidden in the rear of the store
    

• the side of an object that is opposite its front
  • his room was toward the rear of the hotel
    

• the back of a military formation or procession
  • infantrymen were in the rear
    

Verb

• construct, build, or erect
  • Raise a barn
    

• cause to rise up

• rise up
  • The building rose before them
    

• bring up
  • raise a family
    
  • bring up children
    

• stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
  • The horse reared in terror
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  rear(a) , rearward(a) , back , buttocks , backside , back end , raise , erect , set up , put up , rise , lift , bring up , nurture , parent , rise up
• Antonyms: 
  front , front end , forepart , head , level , raze , rase , dismantle , tear down , take down , pull down