rear

nouns

the back of a military formation or procession
"infantrymen were in the rear"
rear
antonym
head
domain category
the military forces of a nation
"their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine
is a type of (narrower)
an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
"a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
formation
the side of an object that is opposite its front
"his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
back end, backside, rear
antonym
front
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"
back, rear
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
"he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush
the side that goes last or is not normally seen
"he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
back, rear
antonym
front

verbs

stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
"The horse reared in terror"
rear, rise up
bring up
"raise a family"; "bring up children"
bring up, nurture, parent, raise, rear
is derived from
rearing
is derived from
rearing
rise up
"The building rose before them"
lift, rear, rise
cause to rise up
erect, rear
construct, build, or erect
"Raise a barn"
erect, put up, raise, rear, set up

adjectives

located in or toward the back or rear
"the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side"
rear, rearward