rear

Meanings

• the back of a military formation or procession
  • "infantrymen were in the rear"
• the side of an object that is opposite its front
  • "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
• the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
  • "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• the side that goes last or is not normally seen
• stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
  • "The horse reared in terror"
• bring up
• rise up
• cause to rise up
• construct, build, or erect
• located in or toward the back or rear
  • "the chair's rear legs"
  • "the rear door of the plane"
  • "on the rearward side"

Synonyms

arse, ass, back, back end, backside, behind, bottom, bring up, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, erect, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, lift, nates, nurture, parent, posterior, prat, put up, raise, rear end, rearward, rise, rise up, rump, seat, set up, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush