Synonyms of abaft

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adverb

ə-ˈbaft 

as in aft

near, toward, or in the stern of a ship or the tail of an aircraft

the lookout in the crow's nest warned that there was an enemy frigate abaft and bearing down hard on their ship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aft
• backwards
• astern
• behind
• backward
• back
• rearward
• sternwards
• rearwards
• after
• sternward
• posteriorly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forward
• fore
• before
• ahead
• anteriorly

abaft

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preposition

as in behind

at, to, or toward the rear of

a school of porpoises swam abaft the fishing boat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• behind
• back of
• in back of

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• before
• ahead of