rear

ADJECTIVEVERBNOUN /rir/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH R

rear is a valid 4-letter word worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
R1E1A1R1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =4 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 8TRIPLE WORD → 12
MEANING

What does rear mean?

ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1

Located in or toward the back or rear.

“the chair's rear legs”

“the rear door of the plane”

SYNONYMS
SIMILAR
VERB · 5 SENSES
1

Look after a child until it is an adult.

RELATED
2

Rise up.

SYNONYMS
4

Construct, build, or erect.

5

Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds.

“The horse reared in terror”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
NOUN · 5 SENSES
1

The back of a military formation or procession.

“infantrymen were in the rear”

ANTONYMS
BROADER
2

The side of an object that is opposite its front.

“his room was toward the rear of the hotel”

ANTONYMS
BROADER
3

The side that goes last or is not normally seen.

SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
BROADER
4

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.

BROADER
5

The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer.

“it was hidden in the rear of the store”

SYNONYMS
AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of rear

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