Antonyms of noun front

3 of 10 senses of front

Sense 1
front, front end, forepart -- (the side that is forward or prominent)
       Antonym of rear (Sense 2)
      => rear, backside, back end -- (the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel")

Sense 4
front -- (the side that is seen or that goes first)
       Antonym of rear (Sense 5)
      => rear, back -- (the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph")

Sense 9
front -- (the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage")
       Antonym of back (Sense 3)
      => back, rear -- (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")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun front

10 senses of front

Sense 1
front, front end, forepart -- (the side that is forward or prominent)
       => side, face -- (a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf")

Sense 2
battlefront, front, front line -- (the line along which opposing armies face each other)
       => line -- (a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line")

Sense 3
front -- (the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front")
       => appearance -- (a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police")

Sense 4
front -- (the side that is seen or that goes first)
       => side -- (an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house")

Sense 5
front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman -- (a person used as a cover for some questionable activity)
       => deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker -- (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)

Sense 6
front -- (a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts")
       => sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena -- (a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit")

Sense 7
front -- ((meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses)
       => atmospheric phenomenon -- (a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere)

Sense 8
presence, front -- (the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company")
       => proximity -- (the region close around a person or thing)

Sense 9
front -- (the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage")
       => position, place -- (the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place")

Sense 10
movement, social movement, front -- (a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front")
       => social group -- (people sharing some social relation)

Antonyms of verb front

1 of 2 senses of front

Sense 1
front, look, face -- (be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park")
       Antonym of back (Sense 6)
      => back -- (be in back of; "My garage backs their yard")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb front

2 senses of front

Sense 1
front, look, face -- (be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park")
       => lie -- (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)

Sense 2
front, breast -- (confront bodily; "breast the storm")
       => confront, face -- (oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other")

Antonyms of adj front

1 sense of front

Sense 1
front (prenominal) (vs. back) -- (relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch")

back(prenominal) (vs. front) -- (related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance")
        => backmost, hindermost, hindmost, rearmost -- (located farthest to the rear)
        => rear (prenominal), rearward (prenominal) -- (located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side")

Similarity of adj front

1 sense of front

Sense 1
front (prenominal) (vs. back) -- (relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch")
       => advance (prenominal), advanced (prenominal), in advance (predicate) -- (situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies")
       => foremost, frontmost -- (preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost compartment of the ship")
       => frontal, head-on -- (meeting front to front; "a frontal attack"; "a head-on collision")
          Also See-> anterior#1; first#1; fore#1