rear: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with R · ends with R
Meaning of rear
verb
- transitive
To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- transitive
To breed and raise.
Example: The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years.
- intransitive
To rise up on the hind legs.
Example: The horse was shocked, and thus reared.
- intransitive, usually
To get angry.
Listed forms: rears, rearing, reared, reer, rere, rare.
Source: Wiktionary — rear.
adj
- not-comparable
Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost.
Example: the rear rank of a company
Source: Wiktionary — rear.
adv
- UK, dialectal, not-comparable
early; soon
Source: Wiktionary — rear.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for rear.
adjective
located in or toward the back or rear
noun
the side of an object that is opposite its front
- backside
- back end
noun
the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
noun
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is rear in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of rear
R(1) + E(1) + A(1) + R(1) = 4 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of rear
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from rear
7 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in rear. Showing up to 24, longest first.