plural noun

• The buttocks.

  ‘He removed a tumor ‘from the nates of a little girl that would startle the surgeons in this part of the world with all their tact and science.’’

  More example sentences

  • ‘He explained that according to Shankara the sutra says the two eyes of Pundarika are like two lotuses which are red like the nates of a monkey.’
  • ‘Alli clutched her nates in her hands even though the slaps were barely stinging.’

  Synonyms

  buttocks, behind, backside, bottom, rear, rear end, seat, haunches, cheeks