Abaft
Abaft adverb - Near, toward, or in the stern of a ship or the tail of an aircraft.
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Posterior
Posterior adjective - Being at or in the part of something opposite the front part.
Abaft and posterior are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abaft" instead an adjective "Posterior".
Nearby Words: posteriority, posteriorly
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