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WORDNET DICTIONARY
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posterior

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Adjective, Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun posterior has 2 senses

Adjective posterior has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

posteriora. [L. posterior, compar. of posterus coming after, from post after. See Post-.].
  •  Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.  [1913 Webster]
    "Hesiod was posterior to Homer."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior.  [1913 Webster]
  •  At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal.  [1913 Webster]
  •  On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower.  Gray.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

posterior, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 later; coming after in series, order, or time.
2 situated at the back.
--n. (in sing. or pl.) the buttocks.

Derivative
posteriority n. posteriorly adv.
Etymology
L, compar. of posterus following f. post after

THESAURUS

posterior

aft, after, aftermost, afterpart, afterpiece, appendant, arse, ass, attendant, back, back door, back seat, back side, backside, backward, behind, bottom, breech, bum, butt, buttocks, cadet, consecutive, consequent, croup, crupper, derriere, ensuing, flack, following, haunches, heel, hind, hind end, hind part, hinder, hindermost, hindhand, hindhead, hindmost, junior, later, latter, lineal, nates, next, occiput, postern, postpositional, postpositive, proximate, puisne, rear, rear end, rearmost, rearward, retral, retrograde, reverse, rump, seat, sequacious, sequent, sequential, stern, subsequent, succeeding, successive, suffixed, tail, tail end, tailpiece, tuchis, younger

ROGET THESAURUS

posterior

Sequence

N sequence, coming after, going after, consecution, succession, posteriority, continuation, order of succession, successiveness, paracme, secondariness, subordinancy, afterbirth, afterburden, placenta, secundines, succeeding, v, sequent, subsequent, consequent, sequacious, proximate, next, consecutive, alternate, amoebean, latter, posterior, after, subsequently, behind, sequence, coming after, (time), following pursuit, follower, attendant, satellite, shadow, dangler, train, subsequent, next, succeeding, following, behind, in the rear, in the train of, in the wake of, after.

Posteriority

N posteriority, succession, sequence, following, subsequence, supervention, futurity, successor, sequel, remainder, reversion, subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, postliminious, postnate, postdiluvial, postdiluvian, puisne, posthumous, future, afterdinner, postprandial, subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later, at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date, next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons, from that time, from that moment, after a while, after a time, in process of time.

Rear

N rear, back, posteriority, rear rank, rear guard, background, hinterland, occiput, nape, chine, heels, tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut, breech, dorsum, loin, dorsal region, lumbar region, hind quarters, aitchbone, natch, natch bone, stern, poop, afterpart, heelpiece, crupper, wake, train, reverse, other side of the shield, back, rear, hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost, postern, posterior, dorsal, after, caudal, lumbar, mizzen, tergal, behind, in the rear, in the background, behind one's back, at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of, back to back, after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost, aback, rearward, ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio, the other side of the coin.

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