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May 26, 2012
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Synonyms for front

Noun

1. presence, front, proximity
usage: the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"
2. front, front end, forepart, side, face
usage: the side that is forward or prominent
3. front, side
usage: the side that is seen or that goes first
4. front, sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
usage: a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"
5. battlefront, front, front line, line
usage: the line along which opposing armies face each other
6. movement, social movement, front, social group
usage: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front"
7. front, atmospheric phenomenon
usage: (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
8. front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman, deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
usage: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
9. front, appearance
usage: the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front"
10. front, position, place
usage: the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage"

Verb

1. front, look, face, lie
usage: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
2. front, breast, confront, face
usage: confront bodily; "breast the storm"

Adjective

1. front(prenominal) (vs. back), advance(prenominal), advanced(prenominal), in advance(predicate), foremost, frontmost, forward, frontal, head-on, anterior, first, fore
usage: relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch"
2. fore(prenominal), front(prenominal), anterior (vs. posterior)
usage: located anteriorly
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