the back of something, as distinguished from the front

The porch is at the rear of the house.

the space or position behind something

The bus driver asked the passengers to move to the rear.

the buttocks; rump.

the hindmost portion of an army, fleet, etc.

pertaining to or situated at the rear of something

the rear door of a bus.

bring up the rear

to be at the end; follow behind

The army retreated, and the fleeing civilian population brought up the rear.

adjective

beginning , front

noun

beginning , front

verb

abandon , neglect , drop , fall , destroy

adjective

aft , after , astern , backward , behind , dorsal , following , hind , hinder , hindermost , hindmost , last , mizzen , posterior , postern , rearmost , rearward , retral , reverse , stern , tailnotes:one rears children and raises crops , back , caudal

noun

afterpart , back , back door * , back end , back seat , backside , behind , bottom , butt , buttocks , end , heel , hind , hind part , hindquarters , posterior , postern , rear end , rear guard , rearward , reverse , rump , seat , stern , tail , tail end , tailpiece , tushnotes:one rears children and raises crops , tag end , buttock , derrire , haunches

verb

breed , bring up , care for , cultivate , educate , foster , grow , nurse , nurture , propagate , trainnotes:one rears children and raises crops , elevate , hoist , hold up , jump , leap , loom , pick up , raise , set upright , soar , spring up , support , take up , tower , turn up , uphold , uplift , upraisenotes:one rears children and raises crops , construct , erect , fabricate , put up , set up , uprearnotes:one rears children and raises crops , pitch , upraise , uprear , boost , heave , lift , build , originate , produce