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posterior
Synonyms and Antonyms of posterior
1 being at or in the part of something opposite the front part the chapel's posterior location in the church serves to make it a quiet retreat Synonyms aft, after, hind, hinder, hindmost, back, rear, rearwardRelated Words dorsalNear Antonyms ventralAntonyms anterior, fore, forward, front, frontal
2 being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else artifacts dating from a posterior historical period Synonyms after, ensuing, later, subsequentRelated Words behind, belated, delayed, late, slow; closing, concluding, eventual, final, last, latest, latter, terminal, ultimate; followingNear Antonyms advance, advanced, early, prematureAntonyms antecedent, anterior, fore, foregoing, former, precedent, preceding, previous, prior
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the part of the body upon which someone sits the baseball players were always slapping one another on the posterior Synonyms backside, behind, booty (also bootie) [slang], bottom, breech, bum, buns, butt, caboose, can, cheeks, derriere (or derrière), duff, fanny, fundament, hams, haunches, heinie [slang], hunkers, keister (also keester) [slang], nates, buttocks, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tush [slang]Related Words beam, stern; moon [slang]
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