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1. Located at or towards the rear of an object
    
2. Coming at a subsequent time or stage
   "the mood posterior to";
   - later, ulterior

1. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   "he deserves a good kick in the posterior";
   - buttocks, nates [technical], butt [N. Amer, informal], backside, bum [Brit, informal], buns [N. Amer, informal], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament, hindquarters, hind end, rear [informal], rear end [informal], rump, stern [informal], seat, tail [N. Amer, informal], tail end, tooshie [informal], tush [N. Amer, informal], bottom, behind, derriere, bahookie [UK, dialect, informal], botty [informal], heinie [US, informal], duff [N. Amer, informal], booty [N. Amer, informal], patootie [US, informal], tushy [N. Amer, informal], derrière
    
2. A tooth situated at the back of the mouth
   - back tooth
    
3. (statistics) the probability distribution of parameters given observed data, as derived via Bayes' theorem

Derived forms: posteriors

See also: back, caudal, hind, hinder, position, retral, spatial relation, subsequent

Type of: body part, chopper [informal], distribution, pearly [informal], probability distribution, statistical distribution, tooth

Antonym: anterior

Part of: body, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Posterior