Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Synonyms

retral

American  
[ree-truhl, re-] / ˈri trəl, ˈrɛ- /

adjective

  1. at or toward the back; posterior.

retral British  
/ ˈriːtrəl, ˈrɛtrəl /

adjective

  1. rare at, near, or towards the back

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • retrally adverb

Etymology

Origin of retral

First recorded in 1870–75; retr(o)- + -al 1

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.