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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Posterior \Pos*te"ri*or\ (p[o^]s*t[=e]"r[i^]*[~e]r), adjective [L. posterior, compar. of posterus coming after, from post after. See {Post-}.]
1. Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to {prior}.
Hesiod was posterior to Homer. --Broome.
2. Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to {anterior}.
3. (Anat.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for {dorsal}.
4. (Bot.) On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower. --Gray.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
posterior
adjective: at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates [ant: {anterior}]
noun
1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: {buttocks}, {nates}, {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can}, {fundament}, {hindquarters}, {hind end}, {keister}, {prat}, {rear}, {rear end}, {rump}, {stern}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail end}, {tooshie}, {tush}, {bottom}, {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}]
2: a tooth situated at the back of the mouth [syn: {back tooth}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "posterior": aft, after, aftermost, afterpart, afterpiece, appendant, arse, ass, attendant, back, back door, back seat, back side, backside, backward, behind, bottom, breech, bum, butt, buttocks, cadet, consecutive, consequent, croup, crupper, derriere, ensuing, flack, following, haunches, heel, hind, hind end, hind part, hinder, hindermost, hindhand, hindhead, hindmost, junior, later, latter, lineal, nates, next, occiput, postern, postpositional, postpositive, proximate, puisne, rear, rear end, rearmost, rearward, retral, retrograde, reverse, rump, seat, sequacious, sequent, sequential, stern, subsequent, succeeding, successive, suffixed, tail, tail end, tailpiece, tuchis, younger
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