rear

The rear is the back end of something, like the rear of a school bus or the members of the marching band who stand at the rear of the parade.

At the other end of something's front is its rear, whether it's a car or a line of people standing outside a theater. You can also use rear informally to mean "bottom" or "hindquarters," as an adjective meaning "toward the back," or as a verb: "The horses started to rear up on their back legs." The verb comes from a Germanic root meaning "to raise," while the noun is rooted in the Latin retro, "behind."

Primary Meanings of rear

1.
 nadj
the side of an object that is opposite its front
located in or toward the back or rear
2.
 v
rise up
3.
 v
bring up
Full Definitions of rear
1

n the side of an object that is opposite its front

“his room was toward the rear of the hotel”
Synonyms:
back end, backside
Antonyms:
forepart, front, front end
the side that is forward or prominent
Types:
nape, nucha, scruff
the back side of the neck
rearward
direction toward the rear
Type of:
face, side
a surface forming part of the outside of an object

n the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

“it was hidden in the rear of the store”
Synonyms:
back
Antonyms:
front
the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
Type of:
place, position
the particular portion of space occupied by something

n the side that goes last or is not normally seen

Synonyms:
back
Antonyms:
front
the side that is seen or that goes first
Types:
after part, poop, quarter, stern, tail
the rear part of a ship
empennage, tail, tail assembly
the rear part of an aircraft
Type of:
side
an extended outer surface of an object

n the back of a military formation or procession

“infantrymen were in the rear”
Antonyms:
head
the front of a military formation or procession
Type of:
formation
an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

n the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Synonyms:
ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush
Type of:
body part
any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity

adj located in or toward the back or rear

“the chair's rear legs”
“the rear door of the plane”
Synonyms:
rearward
back
related to or located at the back
2

v rise up

Synonyms:
lift, rise
Types:
hulk, loom, predominate, tower
appear very large or occupy a commanding position
Type of:
appear, look, seem
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

v stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds

“The horse reared in terror”
Synonyms:
rise up
Types:
rear back
rear backwards on its hind legs
Type of:
straighten
get up from a sitting or slouching position

v cause to rise up

Synonyms:
erect
Types:
pitch, set up
erect and fasten
cock up, prick, prick up
raise
camp, camp down
establish or set up a camp
Type of:
bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise
raise from a lower to a higher position

v construct, build, or erect

Synonyms:
erect, put up, raise, set up
Antonyms:
dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down
tear down so as to make flat with the ground
Type of:
build, construct, make
make by combining materials and parts
3

v bring up

Synonyms:
bring up, nurture, parent, raise
Types:
fledge
feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight
cradle
bring up from infancy
foster
bring up under fosterage; of children

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