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1. (military) the back of a military formation or procession
   "infantrymen were in the rear"
    
2. The side of an object that is opposite its front
   "his room was toward the rear of the hotel";
   - backside, back end
    
3. The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
   "it was hidden in the rear of the store";
   - back
    
4. [informal] The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   "he deserves a good kick in the rear";
   - buttocks, nates [technical], butt [N. Amer, informal], backside, bum [Brit, informal], buns [N. Amer, informal], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament, hindquarters, hind end, posterior, rear end [informal], rump, stern [informal], seat, tail [N. Amer, informal], tail end, tooshie [informal], tush [N. Amer, informal], bottom, behind, derriere, bahookie [UK, dialect, informal], botty [informal], heinie [US, informal], duff [N. Amer, informal], booty [N. Amer, informal], patootie [US, informal], tushy [N. Amer, informal], derrière
    
5. The side that goes last or is not normally seen
   "he wrote the date on the rear of the photograph";
   - back

1. Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
   "The horse reared in terror";
   - rise up
    
2. Look after a child until it is an adult
   "rear a family";
   - raise, bring up, nurture, parent
    
3. Become or appear high or tall
   "The building reared before them";
   - rise, lift
    
4. Cause to rise up
   - erect
    
5. (construction) Construct, build
   - raise, erect, set up, put up

1. Located in or toward the back or rear
   "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane";
   - rearward

Derived forms: rears, reared, rearing

See also: back

Type of: appear, body part, bring up, build, construct, elevate, face, formation, get up, lift, look, make, place, position, raise, seem, side, straighten

Antonym: front, head

Part of: body, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Rear