posterior
English dictionary entry
Meanings
adj
- Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
- Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.
- Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
- Following in order or in time.
noun
- The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.
- The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).
Pronunciation
/pɒsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/
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/poʊˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/
/pɑˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/
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/pɒsˈtɪɹ.i.ɚ/
/pɔsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/
/pɒsˈtiːə.ɹi.ə/
[pɔ̟sˈtiːə.ɹi.ə]
/pɒsˈtiə.ɹi.ə/
[pɔ̟sˈtiə.ɹi.ə]
Word forms
posterior
more posterior
most posterior
posteriour
posteriors
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes or follows after; later, latter”).
Synonyms
back
hinder
rear
later
'tocks
arse
arse cheeks
ass
ass cheeks
backside
batty
behind
blessed assurance
booty
botty
bottom
bum
bum cheeks
buns
butt
butt cheeks
buttocks
caboose
cheeks
derriere
dicky
fanny
fourth point of contact
gluteus maximus
glutes
gooseberry-grinder
gyatt
heinie
hiney
hinderlin
hurdies
jacksie
keester
keister
moon
moneymaker
nates
nether cheeks
patootie
peach
posterior
rear end
rump
seat
sit upon
tail
toches
tush
tushie
posterior probability
Antonyms
Related words
Derived words
anteroposterior
apicoposterior
centroposterior
distoposterior
dorsoposterior
duplicitas posterior
frontoposterior
inferoposterior
lateroposterior
long posterior ciliary artery
medioposterior
mentoposterior
mesioposterior
midposterior
nonposterior
occipitoposterior
posterior auricular artery
posterior auricular muscle
posterior cerebral artery
posterior chamber
posterior cingulate cortex
posterior communicating artery
posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
posterior cruciate ligament
posterior ethmoidal artery
posterior inferior cerebellar artery
posteriorisation
posterioristic
posteriority
posteriorization
posteriorize
posteriorly
posterior mal
posterior malleolus
posteriormost
posterior naris
posteriorness
posterior probability
posterior scalene muscle
posterior spinal artery
posterior superior alveolar artery
posterior triangle
posteriorward
postero-
posterio-
proximoposterior
sacroposterior
short posterior ciliary artery
sinistroposterior
subposterior
superoposterior
ventroposterior
Translations
Arabic: خَلْفِيّ
Belarusian: за́дні
Belarusian: ты́льны
Bulgarian: за́ден
Catalan: posterior
Chinese Mandarin: 後面的 /后面的
Chinese Mandarin: 尾部的
Czech: zadní
Dutch: achterkant
Dutch: rugzijde
Finnish: perä-
Finnish: perässä oleva
Finnish: perällä oleva
Finnish: perempi
French: postérieur
German: hinterer
German: Rück-
Greek: οπίσθιος
Hindi: पीछे
Italian: posteriore
Japanese: 後の
Japanese: 後方の
Korean: 후부의
Korean: 뒤의
Macedonian: заден
Polish: tylny
Polish: zadni
Portuguese: posterior
Romanian: posterior
Russian: за́дний
Russian: ты́льный
Russian: хвостово́й
Serbo-Croatian: за̏дњӣ
Serbo-Croatian: zȁdnjī
Slovak: zadný
Slovene: zadnji
Spanish: trasero
Spanish: posterior
Tagalog: hulihan
Ukrainian: за́дній
Ukrainian: ти́льний
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