From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
front adj 1: relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch" [ant: back(a)] n 1: the side that is forward or prominent [syn: front, front end, forepart] [ant: back end, backside, rear] 2: the line along which opposing armies face each other [syn: battlefront, front, front line] 3: the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front" 4: the side that is seen or that goes first [ant: back, rear] 5: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity [syn: front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman] 6: a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts" 7: (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses 8: 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" [syn: presence, front] 9: the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage" [ant: back, rear] 10: 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" [syn: movement, social movement, front] v 1: 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" [syn: front, look, face] [ant: back] 2: confront bodily; "breast the storm" [syn: front, breast]