abaft

abaft

adverb

Definition of ABAFT

near, toward, or in the stern of a ship or the tail of an aircraft <the lookout in the crow's nest warned that there was an enemy frigate abaft and bearing down hard on their ship>

Synonyms abaft, astern, sternward (or sternwards)

Related Words after, back, backward (or backwards), behind, posteriorly, rearward (also rearwards)

Near Antonyms anteriorly; ahead, before

Antonyms fore, forward