| rear | (noun) the side that goes last or is not normally seen | Synonyms: back |
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| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, 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 |
| (noun) the back of a military formation or procession | - |
| (noun) the side of an object that is opposite its front | Synonyms: back end, backside |
| (noun) the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer | Synonyms: back |
| rearguard | (noun) a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body | - |
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| rearing | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, upbringing |
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| (noun) the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child | Synonyms: nurture, raising |
| rearmament | (noun) the act of arming again | - |
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| rearrangement | (noun) changing an arrangement | - |
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| rearward | (noun) direction toward the rear | - |
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