astern

About 0.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adverb Behind ; in the rear.
2. adverb In the direction of the stern; backward ; to the rear.
3. adverb At or toward the rear of a vessel.
4. adjective Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.

   If one ship is following another, the first is astern of the second.

5. preposition Behind (a vessel); in the rear.

Similar words

abaft aft turbine backseat rearward backward behind back backwards reverse

Often followed by

of and to in the as at with on