English

Alternative forms

• posteriour (obsolete)

Adjective

posterior ‎(comparative more posterior, superlative most posterior)

1. Located behind, or towards the rear of an object.
2. Following in order or in time.
3. (anatomy) Nearer the back end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
4. (botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.

Synonyms

• (located behind or towards the rear): rear, hinder, back
• (Following in order or in time): later

Antonyms

• anterior
• prior

Derived terms

• posteriority
• posteriorly

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,‎ distal,‎ dorsal,‎ lateral,‎ medial,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}
• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Related terms

• See post-
• posteriorize

Translations

Noun

posterior ‎(plural posteriors)

1. (euphemistic) The buttocks.

Translations

Anagrams

• repositor

Catalan

Adjective

posterior m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural posteriors)

1. posterior

Latin

Adjective

posterior ‎(comparative of posterus)

1. posterior, more to the back
2. next, following

Inflection

Third declension, comparative variant

Related terms

• posterus

Descendants

• English: posterior
• French: postérieur, postérieure
• Spanish: posterior

References

• posterior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “posterior”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • later writers: scriptores aetate posteriores or inferiores
    

Portuguese

Adjective

posterior m, f ‎(plural posteriores, comparable)

1. posterior (following in order or in time)
2. posterior (located in the rear)
3. (phonetics) back (produced in the back of the mouth)

Synonyms

• (following in time): ulterior
• (located in the rear): traseiro
• (hinder): traseiro

Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Rioplatense) IPA^(key): /poːʱ.te.ˈɾjoɾ/

Adjective

posterior m, f ‎(plural posteriores)

1. posterior, later