Rear
Rear noun - A behind part or surface.
Usage example: the rear of the car was sleekly designed
Tail is a synonym for rear (North American) in back topic. In some cases you can use "Tail" instead the word "Rear" as a noun or an adjective, when it comes to topics like behind, position, end, butt. informal substitute
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| front | front rear | front tail |
| powerful | powerful rear | powerful tail |
| actual | actual rear | actual tail |
| entire | entire rear | entire tail |
| Other adjectives: large, big, huge, naked. | ||
Common collocations
| head | rear head | tail head |
Both words in one sentence
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Grace Jones in Conan the Destroyer shakes her rear end after emerging from water, to shed droplets from the furry tail that hangs at the back of her "tribal warrior-woman" costume.
Source: Shaking the Rump -
German pilots typically avoided doing this because American bombers were the most heavily protected from the rear (the tail gunner, turret gunner, and ball turret gunner could all fire at targets behind the bomber).
Source: Film / Red Tails -
Khelgar Ironfist: Well, she said your brains are next to your tail... which would imply that your brains are in your rear end.
Source: Don't Explain the Joke
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