Dorsal and Front

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Dorsal adjective - Belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part.

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Front is an antonym for dorsal in topics: back, rear.

Front adjective - Being at or in the part of something opposite the back part.

Usage example: visitors use the front door, but family knows to go around to the side entrance

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Dorsal is an antonym for front.

Nearby Words: fronted, frontal, frontline, frontage, fronting

The B-25s for the Doolittle raid are wrong too - in several scenes they have the dorsal turrets well towards the front as in all B-25s past the G model.

Source: Just Plane Wrong

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Dorsal & Front. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dorsal/front>.

Front or Dorsal. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dorsal/front.

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