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frontend

frontend is the alternative form of front end.

Meaning of front end

Noun

front end (plural front ends)

  1. That part of a hardware or software system that is conceptually closest to the user; the user interface.
    Synonyms:
    user interface
    Antonyms:
    back end
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see front, end.

Forms of frontend

pluralfrontends

Questions about frontend

What is frontend the alternative form of?
Frontend is the alternative form of front end.

Words near frontend in the dictionary

  1. fronted on
  2. fronted oneself off
  3. fronted up
  4. Frontenac
  5. Frontenac County
  6. frontend
  7. frontends
  8. frontenis
  9. fronter
  10. Frontera
  11. Fronteras

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frontend (page history and authors); front end (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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