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POSTCRANIAL Antonyms

There are 8 antonyms of the word postcranial. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For POSTCRANIAL

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anterior
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body

noun

• a tooth situated at the front of the mouth

adjective satellite

• earlier in time

cephalic
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to the head

cranial
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain

frontal
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air

noun

• an adornment worn on the forehead

• a drapery that covers the front of an altar

• the face or front of a building

adjective satellite

• belonging to the front part

• meeting front to front

• of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone

head
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

• a single domestic animal

• that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

• a person who is in charge

• the front of a military formation or procession

• the pressure exerted by a fluid

• the top of something

• the source of water from which a stream arises

• (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

• the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

• the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head

• a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

• the educator who has executive authority for a school

• an individual person

• a user of (usually soft) drugs

• a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

• a rounded compact mass

• the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container

• the part in the front or nearest the viewer

• a difficult juncture

• forward movement

• a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

• the subject matter at issue

• a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

• the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint

• that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

• (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

• (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head

• the striking part of a tool

• (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

• a projection out from one end

• a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

• oral stimulation of the genitals

verb

• to go or travel towards

• be in charge of

• travel in front of; go in advance of others

• be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• take its rise

• be in the front of or on top of

• form a head or come or grow to a head

• remove the head of

skull
nounn
noun

• the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates

superior
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of high or superior quality or performance

• of or characteristic of high rank or importance

• written or printed above and to one side of another character

• having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit

noun

• the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes

• one of greater rank or station or quality

• a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth

• the head of a religious community

• a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

• a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character

adjective satellite

• (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by

• having a higher rank

• (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by

rostral
adjectiveadj
noun

• A scale in reptiles on the median plate of the tip of the snout that borders the mouth opening.

adjective

• Relating to the rostrum.

• Serving as a rostrum.

Alternatives for ANTERIOR

Alternatives for CEPHALIC

Alternatives for FRONTAL

Alternatives for HEAD

Alternatives for SKULL

Alternatives for SUPERIOR

Alternatives for ROSTRAL

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