astern

Meaning of astern

adjective
  1. Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.
    If one ship is following another, the first is astern of the second.
adverb
  1. Behind (a vessel); in the rear.
  2. In the direction of the stern; backward (motion); to the rear.
  3. At or toward the rear of a vessel.

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Hyphenation of astern

astern

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • astern is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

astern synonyms

Meaning aft:

aft, abaft

astern antonyms

Meaning :

ahead

Translation of astern

Anagrams of astern

antres, enstar, Santer, Stearn, stenar, Sterna, sterna, tarsen, transe

Words that rhyme with astern

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