n. 25B6; noun
the front of the boat : FORE, foremost part, forepart, anterior, forefront, nose, head; bow, prow; foreground.
a shop front : FRONTAGE, face, facing, facade; window.
the battlefield surgeons who work at the front : FRONT LINE, firing line, vanguard, van; trenches.
the front of the queue : HEAD, beginning, start, top, lead.
she kept up a brave front : APPEARANCE, air, face, manner, demeanour, bearing, pose, exterior, veneer, (outward) show, act, pretence, affectation.
the shop was a front for his real business : COVER, cover-up, false front, blind, disguise, facade, mask, cloak, screen, smokescreen, camouflage.
(informal) he's got a lot of front : SELF-CONFIDENCE, boldness, forwardness, pushiness, audacity, temerity, presumption, presumptuousness, cockiness, daring; informal nerve, face, neck, brass neck.
rear, back.
25B6; adjective the front runners : LEADING, lead, first, foremost; in first place.
last.
25B6; verb the houses fronted on a reservoir : OVERLOOK, look out on/over, face (towards), lie opposite (to); have a view of, command a view of.
25A0; in front AHEAD, to/at the fore, at the head, up ahead, in the vanguard, in the van, in the lead, leading, coming first; at the head of the queue; informal up front.