front
/frˈʌnt/
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Definitions
Adjective
relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch"
Noun
the side that is forward or prominent
Noun
the line along which opposing armies face each other
Noun
the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front"
Noun
the side that is seen or that goes first
Noun
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
Noun
a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"
Noun
(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
Noun
the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"
Noun
the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage"
Noun
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front"
Verb
be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
Verb
confront bodily; "breast the storm"
Synonyms
battlefront
breast
face
figurehead
forepart
front end
front line
front man
look
movement
nominal head
presence
social movement
straw man
strawman
More General Terms
appearance
area
arena
atmospheric phenomenon
beguiler
cheat
cheater
confront
deceiver
domain
face
field
lie
line
orbit
place
position
proximity
side
slicker
social group
sphere
trickster
More Specific Terms
art movement
artistic movement
bow
Boy Scouts
Civil Rights movement
cold front
common front
confront
cultural movement
ecumenism
facade
face
falun gong
Fighting French
fore
forefront
Free French
frontage
frontal
frontispiece
head
nose
nose cone
occluded front
occlusion
oecumenism
ogive
polar front
political movement
prow
reform movement
religious movement
shirtfront
shopfront
stem
storefront
warm front
Zionism
Zionist movement