astern

Adverb

• (of a ship or an airplane) behind
  • we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide
    

• at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
  • stow the luggage aft
    
  • ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft
    
  • the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about
    

• stern foremost or backward
  • the steamer went astern at half speed
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  aft , abaft
• Antonyms: 
  fore , forward