posterior
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
he deserves a good kick in the butt
Types & categories
- body part hypernym
Parts & wholes
- torso part holonym
Related & opposite
- posterior derivation
Sense 2 adjective
located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure
Related & opposite
- backa also see
- anterior antonym
- spatial relation attribute
- posteriority derivation
- back tooth derivation
- ass derivation
- backa similar to
- caudal similar to
- retral similar to
Sense 3 noun
a tooth situated at the back of the mouth
Types & categories
- tooth hypernym
Related & opposite
- posterior derivation
Sense 4 adjective
coming at a subsequent time or stage
without ulterior argument
Related & opposite
- subsequent similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | posterior |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | torso |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | body part |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | backa |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | anterior |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | spatial relation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | posteriority |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | back tooth |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ass |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | backa |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | caudal |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | retral |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | posterior |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | tooth |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | subsequent |