Definition of front

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • front is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
  • front is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
  • front is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of front


  • the side that is forward or prominent (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. forepart
    2. front end
  • a person used as a cover for some questionable activity (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. figurehead
    2. front man
    3. nominal head
    4. straw man
    5. strawman
  • a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals (noun)

    Examples

    1. he led the national liberation front

    Synonyms

    1. movement
    2. social movement
  • be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. face
    2. look
  • the immediate proximity of someone or something (noun)

    Examples

    1. he was well behaved in front of company

    Synonyms

    1. presence
  • confront bodily (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. breast
  • the line along which opposing armies face each other (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. battlefront
    2. front line
  • a sphere of activity involving effort (noun)

    Examples

    1. the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front
    2. they advertise on many different fronts
  • (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses (noun)
  • relating to or located in the front (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the front lines
    2. the front porch
  • the outward appearance of a person (noun)

    Examples

    1. he put up a bold front
  • the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer (noun)

    Examples

    1. he walked to the front of the stage
  • the side that is seen or that goes first (noun)

See definition of front in Merriam Webster