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aft

adjective

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  1. being at or in the part of something opposite the front part the aft part of the cruise ship turned out to be the noisier section Synonyms back, after, hind, hinder, hindmost, posterior, rear, rearwardRelated Words dorsalNear Antonyms ventralAntonyms anterior, fore, forward, front, frontal

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aft

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of aft

  1. 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, sternward (or sternwards) Related Words after, back, backward (or backwards), behind, posteriorly, rearward (also rearwards) Near Antonyms anteriorly; ahead, before Antonyms fore, forward

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