Posterior
- (anatomy) Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.Synonyms: back, hinder, rearAntonym: anterior
- (medicine) Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.
- (botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
- (formal) Following in order or in time.Synonym: laterAntonym: prior