Front definition
Front is a noun meaning "the side that is forward or prominent." It has 13 meanings, as a noun, a verb and an adjective, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb, adjective
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 5
- How common
- Everyday word
Front as a noun
the side that is forward or prominent
Same sense: front end, forepart
the line along which opposing armies face each other
Same sense: front line, battlefront
the outward appearance of a person
"he put up a bold front"
the side that is seen or that goes first
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
Same sense: nominal head, figurehead
a sphere of activity involving effort
"the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"
(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
the immediate proximity of someone or something
"he was well behaved in front of company"
Same sense: presence
the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
"he walked to the front of the stage"
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
"he led the national liberation front"
Same sense: movement, social movement
Front as a verb
Front as an adjective
relating to or located in the front
"the front lines"
Synonyms and antonyms
- front end
- forepart
- front line
- battlefront
- nominal head
- figurehead
- presence
- movement
- social movement
- look definition
- face definition
- breast
Opposites: rear, back.
How to say front
Front has 1 syllable and rhymes with hunt. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with front
- hunt
- blunt
- stunt
- confront
- waterfront
- forefront
- punt
- upfront
- grunt
- brunt
- manhunt
- affront
FRONT in word games
- Scrabble
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Anagrams
- 0
Is FRONT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check FRONT in the word checker, or unscramble FRONT to see the shorter words in its letters.
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