Entry Word: aft

Function: adverb

Meaning: near, toward, or in the stern of a ship or the tail of an aircraft <after transferring the controls to the copilot, the captain went aft to see what the disturbance was>

Synonyms abaft, astern

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

Near Antonyms anteriorly; ahead, before

Antonyms fore, forward