Synonyms of the word

anterior

• adj. Before in place.
• adj. Before or earlier in time; prior to; preceding.
• adj. (anatomy) Nearer the forward end; nearer the head of an animal or the front of a human.

antecedent

• adj. Earlier, either in time or order.
• adj. presumptive.
• n. Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
• n. An ancestor.
• n. (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
• n. (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition.
• n. (logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated…
• n. (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.

front

• n. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
• n. The side of a building with the main entrance.
• n. A field of activity.
• n. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
• n. (meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting…
• n. (military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
• n. (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity…
• n. (military) The direction of the enemy.
• n. (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command…
• n. (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
• n. (informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
• n. (historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
• n. The most conspicuous part.
• n. (obsolete) The beginning.
• n. (Britain) a seafront or coastal promenade.
• n. (obsolete) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
• n. (slang, hotels, dated) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word…
• adj. Located at or near the front.
• adj. (comparable, phonetics) Of a vowel pronounced near the tip of the tongue.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.
• v. (transitive) To face, be opposite to.
• v. (transitive) To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
• v. (transitive) To adorn the front of; to put on the front.
• v. (phonetics, transitive, intransitive) To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
• v. (linguistics, transitive) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
• v. (transitive) To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
• v. (intransitive) To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
• v. (transitive) To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
• v. To appear before, as in to front court.

frontal

• adj. Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front: a frontal attack.
• adj. (anatomy) Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
• adj. (anatomy) Of or relating to the frontal plane.
• adj. Of or relating to a weather front.
• n. A drapery covering the front of an altar.
• n. The façade of a building.
• n. (anatomy) The bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead.
• n. Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between…

preceding

• adj. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
• v. present participle of precede.

prefrontal

• adj. Of, pertaining to or situated in the anterior part of the frontal lobe.
• adj. Of, pertaining to or situated in front of the frontal bone.
• n. A prefrontal bone, scale, etc.

prior

• adj. advance; coming before.
• adj. former, previous.
• adv. (colloquial) Previously.
• n. A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.
• n. (US slang) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.
• n. (statistics) In Bayesian inference, a prior probability distribution.

tooth

• n. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
• n. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
• n. A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference…
• n. (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
• n. (animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allow better adhesion of artwork.
• n. (figuratively) taste; palate.
• n. (algebraic geometry) An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point,…
• v. To provide or furnish with teeth.
• v. To indent; to jag.
• v. To lock into each other, like gear wheels.