Back vs. Front

Backadjective

(not comparable) Near the rear.

Backadjective

(not comparable) Not current.

Backadjective

(not comparable) Far from the main area.

Backadjective

(not comparable) In arrear; overdue.

Backadjective

(not comparable) Moving or operating backward.

Backadjective

Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).

Backadverb

(not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.

Backadverb

Away from the front or from an edge.

Backadverb

In a manner that impedes.

Backadverb

(not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.

Backadverb

Earlier, ago.

Backnoun

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

Backnoun

The spine and associated tissues.

Backnoun

Large and attractive buttocks.

Backnoun

(figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.

Backnoun

The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.

Backnoun

(obsolete) That part of the body that bears clothing. (Now used only in the phrase clothes on one's back.)

Backnoun

That which is farthest away from the front.

Backnoun

The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.

Backnoun

The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.

Backnoun

Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.

Backnoun

The part of something that goes last.

Backnoun

(sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.

Backnoun

(figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.

Backnoun

A support or resource in reserve.

Backnoun

(nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.

Backnoun

(mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.

Backnoun

Effort, usually physical.

Backnoun

A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.

Backnoun

Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.

Backnoun

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.

Backnoun

A ferryboat.

Backverb

(intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.

Backverb

(transitive) To support.

Backverb

To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

Backverb

To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.

Backverb

To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.

Backverb

To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.

Backverb

(transitive) To push or force backwards.

Backverb

To get upon the back of; to mount.

Backverb

To place or seat upon the back.

Backverb

To make a back for; to furnish with a back.

Backverb

To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.

Backverb

To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.

Backverb

To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).

Backverb

To row backward with (oars).

Backnoun

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.

Backnoun

A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.

Backnoun

In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster.

Backnoun

An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.

Backnoun

The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail.

Backnoun

The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.

Backnoun

The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village.

Backnoun

The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.

Backnoun

A support or resource in reserve.

Backnoun

The keel and keelson of a ship.

Backnoun

The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage.

Backnoun

A garment for the back; hence, clothing.

Backadjective

Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.

Backadjective

Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.

Backadjective

Moving or operating backward; as, back action.

Backverb

To get upon the back of; to mount.

Backverb

To place or seat upon the back.

Backverb

To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.

Backverb

To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.

Backverb

To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.

Backverb

To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.

Backverb

To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend.

Backverb

To bet on the success of; - as, to back a race horse.

Backverb

To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.

Backverb

To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; - used of the wind.

Backverb

To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; - said of a dog.

Backadverb

In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.

Backadverb

To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it.

Backadverb

To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.

Backadverb

Of time) In times past; ago.

Backadverb

Away from contact; by reverse movement.

Backadverb

In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another.

Backadverb

In a state of restraint or hindrance.

Backadverb

In return, repayment, or requital.

Backadverb

In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back the offensive words.

Backadverb

In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent.

Backnoun

the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine;

Backnoun

the side that goes last or is not normally seen;

Backnoun

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

Backnoun

(football) a person who plays in the backfield

Backnoun

the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord;

Backnoun

the front and back covering of a book;

Backnoun

the part of a garment that covers your back;

Backnoun

a support that you can lean against while sitting;

Backnoun

the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

Backverb

be behind; approve of;

Backverb

travel backward;

Backverb

give support or one's approval to;

Backverb

cause to travel backward;

Backverb

support financial backing for;

Backverb

be in back of;

Backverb

place a bet on;

Backverb

shift to a counterclockwise direction;

Backverb

establish as valid or genuine;

Backverb

strengthen by providing with a back or backing

Backadjective

related to or located at the back;

Backadjective

located at or near the back of an animal;

Backadjective

of an earlier date;

Backadverb

in or to or toward a former location;

Backadverb

in answer;

Backadverb

in repayment or retaliation;

Frontnoun

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

Frontnoun

The side of a building with the main entrance.

Frontnoun

A field of activity.

Frontnoun

A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

Frontnoun

(meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.

Frontnoun

(military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.

Frontnoun

(military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.

Frontnoun

(military) The direction of the enemy.

Frontnoun

(military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.

Frontnoun

(obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.

Frontnoun

(dated) Cheek; boldness; impudence.

Frontnoun

(informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.

Frontnoun

(historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.

Frontnoun

The most conspicuous part.

Frontnoun

(obsolete) The beginning.

Frontnoun

(UK) a seafront or coastal promenade.

Frontnoun

(obsolete) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

Frontnoun

The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.

Frontnoun

A grill jewellery worn on front teeth.

Frontadjective

Located at or near the front.

Frontadjective

Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).

Frontverb

To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.

Frontverb

(transitive) To face, be opposite to.

Frontverb

(transitive) To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

Frontverb

(transitive) To adorn the front of; to put on the front.

Frontverb

To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.

Frontverb

To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.

Frontverb

To act as a front (for); to cover (for).

Frontverb

(transitive) To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).

Frontverb

To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.

Frontverb

To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

Frontverb

(transitive) To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).

Frontverb

To appear before, as in to front court.

Frontnoun

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

Frontnoun

The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front;

Frontnoun

The part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the foremost rank; the van; - the opposite to back or rear; as, the front of a house; the front of an army.

Frontnoun

A position directly before the face of a person, or before the foremost part of a thing; as, in front of un person, of the troops, or of a house.

Frontnoun

The most conspicuous part.

Frontnoun

That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.

Frontnoun

The beginning.

Frontnoun

All the works along one side of the polygon inclosing the site which is fortified.

Frontnoun

The middle of the upper part of the tongue, - the part of the tongue which is more or less raised toward the palate in the pronunciation of certain sounds, as the vowel i in machine, e in bed, and consonant y in you. See Guide to Pronunciation, 10.

Frontnoun

The call boy whose turn it is to answer the call, which is often the word "front," used as an exclamation.

Frontadjective

Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a front view.

Frontverb

To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner.

Frontverb

To appear before; to meet.

Frontverb

To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street.

Frontverb

To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church.

Frontverb

To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel.

Frontverb

To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east.

Frontnoun

the immediate proximity of someone or something;

Frontnoun

the side that is forward or prominent

Frontnoun

the side that is seen or that goes first

Frontnoun

a sphere of activity involving effort;

Frontnoun

the line along which opposing armies face each other

Frontnoun

a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals;

Frontnoun

(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses

Frontnoun

a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

Frontnoun

the outward appearance of a person;

Frontnoun

the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer;

Frontverb

be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to;

Frontverb

confront bodily;

Frontadjective

relating to or located in the front;

Frontadjective

located anteriorly