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List of meaning for posterior

close to or at the rear of something

buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass(noun)

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?"

back tooth, posterior(adj)

a tooth situated at the back of the mouth

posterior(adj)

located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure

later(a), ulterior, posterior(adj)

coming at a subsequent time or stage

"without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"

being at or in the part of something opposite the front part

the chapel's posterior location in the church serves to make it a quiet retreat

being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else

artifacts dating from a posterior historical period

the part of the body upon which someone sits

the baseball players were always slapping one another on the posterior

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