front

nouns

the side that is forward or prominent

forepart, front, front end

is derived from

frontal

antonym

rear

the line along which opposing armies face each other

battlefront, front, front line

is derived from

frontal

the outward appearance of a person

"he put up a bold front"

front

is a type of (narrower)

a mental representation

"I tried to describe his appearance to the police"

appearance

the side that is seen or that goes first

front

is derived from

frontal

antonym

rear

is a type of (narrower)

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"

side

a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman

a sphere of activity involving effort

"the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"

front

is a type of (narrower)

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"

area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere

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

front

is derived from

frontal

domain category

the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)

meteorology

is a type of (narrower)

a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere

atmospheric phenomenon

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"

front, presence

the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer

"he walked to the front of the stage"

front

is derived from

frontal

antonym

back

is a type of (narrower)

the particular portion of space occupied by something

"he put the lamp back in its place"

place, position

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"

front, movement, social movement

verbs

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"

face, front, look

is derived from

frontage

antonym

back

confront bodily

"breast the storm"

breast, front

adjectives

relating to or located in the front

"the front lines"; "the front porch"

front

antonym

back

is similar to

situated ahead or going before

"an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"

advance, advanced, in advance

is similar to

preceding all others in spatial position

"the foremost compartment of the ship"

foremost, frontmost

is similar to

meeting front to front

"a frontal attack"; "a head-on collision"

frontal, head-on