anterior

Adjective
  1. Of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body (synset 300131850)
    also: front - relating to or located in the front
    tells us about: position, spatial relation - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
    similar to:
    • frontal - belonging to the front part
    • frontal - of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone
    • prefrontal - anterior to a frontal structure
  2. Earlier in time (synset 300122938)
    similar to: antecedent - preceding in time or order
    same as: prior
Noun
  1. A tooth situated at the front of the mouth (synset 105313689)
    "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors"
    is a type of: tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
    subtypes: bucktooth - a large projecting front tooth
    same as: front tooth

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