aft
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
aft
adv 1: at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an
airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square
sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the
captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"
[syn: {aft}, {abaft}, {astern}] [ant: {fore}, {forward}]
adj 1: (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern
or tail [ant: {fore(a)}]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "aft":
abaft, after, aftermost, astern, back, backward, baft,
fore and aft, hind, hinder, hindermost, hindhand, hindmost,
posterior, postern, rear, rearmost, rearward, retrograde, tail
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