Synonyms for Front (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (a person used as a cover for some questionable activity):
figurehead, strawman, front man, straw man, nominal head
WordNet sense 2 (the immediate proximity of someone or something):
presence
WordNet sense 3 (the line along which opposing armies face each other):
battlefront, front line
WordNet sense 4 (the side that is forward or prominent):
forepart, front end
WordNet sense 5 (a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals):
movement, social movement
WordNet sense 6 (be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to):
face, look
WordNet sense 7 (confront bodily):
breast
WordNet sense 8 (meeting front to front):
frontal
WordNet sense 9 (preceding all others in spatial position):
foremost
WordNet sense 10 (situated ahead or going before):
advanced
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