Overview of noun front

The noun front has 10 senses

• front, front end, forepart -- (the side that is forward or prominent)


• battlefront, front, front line -- (the line along which opposing armies face each other)


• front -- (the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front")


• front -- (the side that is seen or that goes first)


• front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman -- (a person used as a cover for some questionable activity)


• front -- (a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts")


• front -- ((meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses)


• presence, front -- (the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company")


• front -- (the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage")


• movement, social movement, front -- (a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front")

Overview of verb front

The verb front has 2 senses

• front, look, face -- (be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park")


• front, breast -- (confront bodily; "breast the storm")

Overview of adj front

The adj front has 1 sense

• front -- (relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch")