ADJECTIVE | all | anterior | of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body |
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all | anterior, prior | earlier in time | |
NOUN | body | anterior, front tooth | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth |
Sounds | aentih'riyer | |
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Rhymes | barrier ... worrier: 48 rhymes with iyer... |
Meaning | Of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body. | |
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Attribute of | position, spatial relation | The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated |
Narrower | frontal | belonging to the front part |
frontal | Of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone | |
prefrontal | anterior to a frontal structure | |
See also | front | relating to or located in the front |
Opposite | posterior | Located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure |
Spanish | anterior | |
Catalan | anterior | |
Nouns | anterior | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth |
anteriority | the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head | |
Adverbs | anteriorly | in an anterior direction |
Meaning | Earlier in time. | |
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Synonym | prior | |
Broader | antecedent | preceding in time or order |
Spanish | anterior, precedente, previo | |
Catalan | anterior, precedent, previ | |
Nouns | anteriority | preceding in time |
Meaning | A tooth situated at the front of the mouth. | |
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Example | "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors" | |
Synonym | front tooth | |
Narrower | bucktooth | A large projecting front tooth |
Broader | tooth | Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates |
Spanish | anterior, diente, incisivo, incisivos, paleta | |
Catalan | anterior | |
Adjectives | anterior | of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body |
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