hind

1 of 3

noun (1)

ˈhīnd 

plural hinds also hind

1

chiefly British : the female of the red deer compare hart

2

: any of various spotted groupers (especially genus Epinephelus)

hind

2 of 3

noun (2)

1

: a British farm assistant

2

archaic : rustic

hind

3 of 3

adjective

: of or forming the part that follows or is behind : rear

the dog's hind legs

Synonyms

Adjective

• rear
• back

Examples of hind in a Sentence

Adjective

the frog's long hind legs

the hawk's reddish hind feathers

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

In video footage of his first day back on the job, Freddie behaves confidently, assessing the airport terminal happenings, rising on his hind legs to sniff a mountain of luggage and happily snarfing a treat. —Mike Snider, USA Today, 13 July 2025

Weak pulses in their back legs often accompany this sudden hind leg paralysis. —Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025

The male mountain lion had a fractured skull, head and eye trauma, and lameness in his left hind leg after the January crash, the San Diego Humane Society said in a June 29 news release. —Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2025

The mountain lion was suffering from a skull fracture, head and eye trauma, and lameness in its left hind leg. —City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German hinta hind, Greek kemas young deer

Noun (2)

Middle English hine servant, farmhand, from Old English hīna, genitive of hīwan, plural, members of a household; akin to Old High German hīwo spouse, Latin civis fellow citizen

Adjective

Middle English, probably back-formation from Old English hinder, adverb, behind; akin to Old High German hintar, preposition, behind

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1520, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing hind

• hind wing
• rock hind
• talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey

Rhymes for hind

• bind
• blind
• dined
• find
• fined
• grind
• kind
• lined
• mind
• mined
• pined
• rind

Kids Definition

hind

1 of 2 noun

ˈhīnd 

plural hinds also hind

chiefly British

: a female red deer

hind

2 of 2 adjective

: located behind : rear

hind legs

Etymology

Noun

Old English hind "female red deer"

Adjective

probably from Old English hinder (adverb) "behind"