FRONTAL Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

frontal

adjective

Definition of frontal

as in front

being at or in the forward part or surface of something most cars have the engine in the frontal part

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Recent Examples of frontal Crawling laterally challenges frontal-plane control under load, requiring your core to respond to shifting weight while your limbs move rather than locking down. — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 Brain MRIs also found an increase in the surface area of the inferior frontal gyrus in the MIND diet group. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026 Between the toilets, Florentina Holzinger was naked, in a decent-sized tank of water, maintaining a defiant, full-frontal pose, wearing a diving mask and breathing through a scuba. — Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 Research shows that drops in hormones actually shrink the volume of gray matter in a woman’s hippocampus and frontal and temporal cortices, which are key for memory and executive function. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for frontal

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Since then, the company has emerged as a key strategic firm in the country’s ambition to dominate future technology, with its founder Wang Xingxing seated in the front row at President Xi Jinping’s rare symposium with top tech businesses last year.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Police said the suspect broke the store's front door glass and display cases during a smash-and-grab burglary.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

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And so there does appear to be an emotional network in the brain — areas like the amygdala, the anterior cingulate cortex, insular cortex, and some other areas that seem to confer an emotional component of pain.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026
If the state does find trauma to the anterior neck, that could be from blunt force injuries including strangulation, Von Crowns said.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

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front burner

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