Synonyms for front
Another word for front is first, head-on or advanced. Below are 21 synonyms and 30 related words across 12 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: fronted, fronter, frontes, fronting, fronts.
1. adjective: relating to or located in the front
- first synonyms
- head-on
- advanced synonyms
- advance synonyms
- in advance
- foremost synonyms
- fore synonyms
- anterior synonyms
- frontal synonyms
- frontmost
Antonyms
2. noun: the side that is forward or prominent
- front end
- forepart
Antonyms
- rear synonyms
3. noun: the line along which opposing armies face each other
- front line
- battlefront
4. noun: the outward appearance of a person
5. noun: the side that is seen or that goes first
Antonyms
- rear synonyms
6. noun: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- nominal head
- figurehead
7. noun: a sphere of activity involving effort
8. noun: (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
9. noun: the immediate proximity of someone or something
- presence synonyms
10. noun: the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
Antonyms
11. noun: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
- movement synonyms
- social movement
12. verb: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
Antonyms
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- head synonyms
- side synonyms
- forefront synonyms
- line synonyms
- appearance synonyms
- nose synonyms
- bow synonyms
- stem synonyms
- nose cone
- facade synonyms
- frontage
- storefront
- frontispiece
- prow
- shopfront
- ogive
- front man
- front woman
- cheat synonyms
- straw man
- straw woman
- cheater synonyms
- trickster
- deceiver
- slicker
- strawman
- beguiler
- strawwoman
- area synonyms
- field synonyms
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Questions people ask
What is another word for front?
You can say first, head-on, advanced, advance or in advance instead of front. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "relating to or located in the front".
What is the opposite of front?
The opposite of front is back or rear.
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