hind

Meaning

Adj

1. Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
2. Backward; to the rear.

Noun

1. A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.
2. A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus.

Noun

A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.

Synonyms

rear

back

🔙

doe

hinder

posterior

hindmost

half

hole up

rearward

at the back

after

behind

deer

🦌

dorsal

dorsally

Pronounced as (IPA)

/haɪnd/

Etymology

From Middle English hinde, from Old English hindan (“at the rear, from behind”), Proto-Germanic *hinder (“behind, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- (“down, below, with, far, along, against”), from *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hindana, “from beyond”), Old Norse hindr (“obstacle”), Old Norse handan (“from that side, beyond”), Old High German hintana (“behind”), Old English hinder (“behind, back, in the farthest part, down”), Latin contra (“in return, against”). More at hinder, contrary.