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front

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of FRONT

to stand or sit with the face or front toward <the apartment complex fronts the ocean>

Synonyms front, look (toward), point (toward)

Related Words abut, adjoin, border, bound, fringe, margin, meet, neighbor, rim, skirt, touch; command, dominate, overlook; look down (on)

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