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posterior
posterior is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses
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- 1adjective
Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.
- 2adjective
Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior.
- 3adjective
At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal.
- 4adjective
On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower.
- 5noun
a tooth situated at the back of the mouth
- 6noun
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?"
- 7adjective
coming at a subsequent time or stage
"without ulterior argument"
"the mood posterior to"
- 8adjective
located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure
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