anterior
English Thesaurus
1. a tooth situated at the front of the mouth (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | tooth, |
| definition | : | hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | bucktooth, |
| definition | : | a large projecting front tooth (noun.body) |
2. earlier in time (adj.all)
| similar | : | antecedent, |
| definition | : | preceding in time or order (adj.all) |
3. of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body (adj.all)
| similar | : | frontal, |
| definition | : | belonging to the front part (adj.all) |
| similar | : | frontal, |
| definition | : | of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone (adj.all) |
| similar | : | prefrontal, |
| definition | : | anterior to a frontal structure (adj.all) |
| also | : | front, |
| definition | : | relating to or located in the front (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | position, spatial relation, |
| definition | : | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated (noun.attribute) |
4. a tooth situated at the front of the mouth (noun.body)
| derivation | : | anterior, |
| definition | : | of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body (adj.all) |
5. earlier in time (adj.all)
6. of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body (adj.all)
| antonym | : | posterior, |
| definition | : | located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | anteriority, |
| definition | : | the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | anterior, front tooth, |
| definition | : | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth (noun.body) |
7. a tooth situated at the front of the mouth (noun.body)
| derivation | : | anterior, |
| definition | : | of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body (adj.all) |
8. earlier in time (adj.all)
9. of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body (adj.all)
| antonym | : | posterior, |
| definition | : | located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | anteriority, |
| definition | : | the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | anterior, front tooth, |
| definition | : | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth (noun.body) |
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