FRONTS Synonyms: 130 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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plural of front

as in facades

a forward part or surface the front of the church features a magnificent stained-glass window

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as in guises

a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive that smile is just a front—I don't think she actually likes me at all

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as in areas

a region of activity, knowledge, or influence are we making any progress on the marketing front?

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verb

present tense third-person singular of front

as in faces

to stand or sit with the face or front toward the apartment complex fronts the ocean

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Recent Examples of fronts

Noun

The Houthis are uniquely positioned to do that, given their ability to disrupt critical maritime routes and open additional pressure fronts. —

Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026 Add realignment to the cauldron and the situation grows more desperate on two fronts. —

Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026 As a result, the franchise is caught between the competing impulses to preserve its legacy as a romantic ideal and to modernize itself for an audience that no longer believes in that mirage — resulting, most recently, in a casting that was doomed to fail on all fronts. —

Shamira Ibrahim, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026 Article continues below Gnanamoorthy kept a watchful eye on the weather forecast as the eclipse drew closer, tracking cloud fronts that could make or break his expedition. —

Anthony Wood, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2026 The condition that the war is concluded across all fronts and for all Iranian proxies throughout the region (which would require an end to Israel’s attacks on Lebanon that are targeting Hezbollah). —

Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Money, 25 Mar. 2026 The conclusion of the war across all fronts and for all resistance groups involved throughout the region. —

Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026 The last week of March is looking more active, with a parade of fronts moving through next week. —

Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026 But with war raging on multiple fronts and no end in sight, Israel's enemies in Iran and Lebanon may help make that decision for him. —

Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026

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Stay at Rusacks St Andrews, a regal 19th-century hotel by Marine & Lawn Hotels & Resorts, that fronts the fairways of the Old Course and is walking distance to all that the city has to offer. —

Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026 The complex directly fronts Route 75; the previous use was a 1960s-era strip plaza set far back from the Route 75. —

Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026 Cafe Del Mar, a busy restaurant that fronts State Road A1A in Fort Lauderdale, gets to keep its artificial turf carpet after all. —

Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026 Taking his place in the band is Chris Cron, a supremely gifted vocalist who fronts the Beach Boys tribute act Pet Sounds Live. —

Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2026 Portland State fronts the pack in 2025-26. —

Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026 Elex Michaelson, who anchored KTTV’s evening news broadcast from 2018 to 2025 and who now fronts The Story Is with Elex Michaelson on CNN, paid tribute to all five of those laid off. —

Tom Tapp, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026 In the next sequence, Jodie Turner-Smith fronts a jazzercise-style workout video as dancers Tori Evans and Sydney Moss join in, while Swift does the routine at home in a bright pink windbreaker that comes back stronger than a '90s trend. —

Bryan West, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026 Days before the Olympic torch was lit at San Siro, Milan’s Piazza del Duomo, which fronts the city’s elaborate Gothic cathedral, was packed with Olympic visitors, many wearing sweatshirts and jackets bearing the flags of their homelands. —

Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026

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Sofia Giulia Feriani’s 2025 research at the Technical University of Denmark documented exactly this effect—building facades acting as acoustic mirrors, amplifying sound at certain spots.

— Yook JiHun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
Via Mormino Penna is one of Sicily’s most theatrical streetscapes, lined with facades adorned with apotropaic masks, grotesque faces meant to ward off evil.

— Jenn Rice, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2026