| Astern 1. (adv.) In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern. 2. (adv.) Behind a ship; in the rear. Thesaurus Entries a rebours, a reculons, abaft, aft, after, against the grain, anticlockwise, arear, ass-backwards, away, back, backward, backwards, baft, counterclockwise, fore and aft, fro, hindward, hindwards, in reverse, rear, rearward, rearwards, retrad, widdershins |