front

Adjective
  1. Relating to or located in the front (synset 300199739)
    "the front lines"; "the front porch"
    also:
    • anterior - of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
    • first - preceding all others in time or space or degree
    • fore - situated at or toward the bow of a vessel
    similar to:
Noun
  1. The side that is forward or prominent (synset 108591019)
    is a type of: face, side - a surface forming part of the outside of an object
    subtypes: forefront, head - the part in the front or nearest the viewer
    same as: forepart, front end
  2. The line along which opposing armies face each other (synset 108591221)
    is a type of: line - a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
    is a part of: battlefield, battleground, field, field of battle, field of honor - a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
    same as: battlefront, front line
  3. The outward appearance of a person (synset 105949020)
    "he put up a bold front"
    is a type of: appearance - a mental representation
  4. The side that is seen or that goes first (synset 103403382)
    is a type of: side - an extended outer surface of an object
    subtypes:
    • bow, fore, prow, stem - front part of a vessel or aircraft
    • facade, frontage, frontal - the face or front of a building
    • face - the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
    • frontispiece - front illustration facing the title page of a book
    • nose - a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
    • nose - the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon
    • nose cone, ogive - front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere
    • shirtfront - the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket)
    • shopfront, storefront - the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows
  5. A person used as a cover for some questionable activity (synset 110133352)
    is a type of: beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
    same as: figurehead, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman
  6. A sphere of activity involving effort (synset 114538093)
    "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"
    is a type of: area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere - a particular environment or walk of life
  7. (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses (synset 111480887)
    referred to in: meteorology - the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)
    is a type of: atmospheric phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere
    subtypes:
  8. The immediate proximity of someone or something (synset 108660207)
    "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"
    is a type of: proximity - the region close around a person or thing
    same as: presence
  9. The part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer (synset 108643655)
    "he walked to the front of the stage"
    is a type of: place, position - the particular portion of space occupied by something
  10. A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals (synset 108481612)
    "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front"
    is a type of: social group - people sharing some social relation
    subtypes:
    • fighting french, free french - a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic
    • art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles
    • boy scouts - an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys
    • civil rights movement - movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens
    • common front - a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together
    • cultural movement - a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals
    • ecumenism, oecumenism - a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches)
    • falun gong - a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices
    • political movement - a group of people working together to achieve a political goal
    • reform movement - a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms
    • religious movement - a movement intended to bring about religious reforms
    • zionism, zionist movement - a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine
    same as: movement, social movement
Verb
  1. Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point;
    Be opposite to (synset 202699161)
    "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
    is a type of: lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
    subtypes: confront - be face to face with
    same as: face, look
    verb group: face - be opposite
  2. Confront bodily (synset 201081565)
    "breast the storm"
    is a type of: confront, face - oppose, as in hostility or a competition
    same as: breast

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