FRONTAL Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

frontal

adjective

Definition of frontal next

as in front

being at or in the forward part or surface of something most cars have the engine in the frontal part

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Recent Examples of frontal Enveloped in all this optical dazzlement, and cutting across the frame with their bold, frontal gazes, the women are the very embodiment of dignity and power, mirrors of the independence roiling at the heart of the nation. —

Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026 Instead of being a mere foot soldier following orders from more frontal brain regions, M1 helps plan, guide and coordinate action. —

Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026 There’s no frontal nudity, for example, in this show, right? —

Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Jan. 2026 And there were the soldiers of the Army of the Potomac’s II Corps, who successfully repelled Lee’s frontal assault on the Union center. —

Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for frontal

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Adjective

Still, the experience taught me to work with the end in mind, and now the front and back halves of my process are in better synch.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
The conflict has been largely kept off the front pages by the war in Iran.

— Rabia Akhtar, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026