What does arrear mean?
Arrear means (obsolete) Towards the rear, backwards..
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/əˈɹɪə/ · adverb
(obsolete) Towards the rear, backwards..
She, (Ladie) having well before approoved / The feends to be too cruell and severe, / Observ'd th' appointed way, as her behooved, / Ne ever did her ey-sight turne arere [...].
In case the annuity should be arrear for sixty days being lawfully demanded, then the trustee might enter upon the premises assigned [...].
November 4, 1866, James David Forbes, letter to E. C. Batten I have a large arrear of letters to write.
My own work, with its manifold arrears, took me all day to clear off.
After World War II it took time to clear up the arrears of track maintenance on both lines and it was not until 1953 that the L.M.R. restored any two-hour schedules, the W.R. following suit a year later.
fall into arrears
I know the debt is in arrears / The dog has not been fed in years / It's even worse than it appears, but / It's alright
Use arrear when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Arrear means (obsolete) Towards the rear, backwards..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She, (Ladie) having well before approoved / The feends to be too cruell and severe, / Observ'd th' appointed way, as her behooved, / Ne ever did her ey-sight turne arere [...].
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