1. (

• rear ,
• backside ,
• back_end

) the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" ;

2. (

• buttocks ,
• nates ,
• arse ,
• butt ,
• backside ,
• bum ,
• buns ,
• can ,
• fundament ,
• hindquarters ,
• hind_end ,
• keister ,
• posterior ,
• prat ,
• rear ,
• rear_end ,
• rump ,
• stern ,
• seat ,
• tail ,
• tail_end ,
• tooshie ,
• tush ,
• bottom ,
• behind ,
• derriere ,
• fanny ,
• ass

) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" ;