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Defenition of the word forward

    • Defenition of the word forward

      • To send something received from another person to a third person.
      • Towards the front or from the front.
      • moving forward
      • toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you"
      • in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"
      • near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
      • forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
      • situated in the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"
      • at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"
      • of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear"
      • used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
      • situated at or toward the front; "the fore cabins"; "the forward part of the ship"
      • a position on a basketball team
      • the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
      • at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)
      • moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events"
      • send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail"
      • at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad'' and `forrard'' are dialectal variations)
      • a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
      • the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
      • send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
      • at or near or directed toward the front
      • of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
      • used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
      • in a forward direction
      • at or to or toward the front
      • toward the future; forward in time
      • forward in time or order or degree
      • near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane

    Synonyms for the word forward

      • accelerate
      • advance
      • advancing
      • ahead
      • bold
      • brazen
      • cheeky
      • dispatch
      • familiar
      • fore
      • forrad
      • forrader
      • forrard
      • forth
      • forward-moving
      • forwards
      • frontward
      • frontwards
      • further
      • into the open
      • into view
      • mail
      • onward
      • onwards
      • overconfident
      • pass on
      • presumptuous
      • promote
      • redirect
      • self-assured
      • send
      • send on
      • to the fore

    Similar words in the forward

      • advancing
      • assuming
      • assumptive
      • bold
      • brash
      • bumptious
      • cheeky
      • familiar
      • first
      • fore
      • fore(a)
      • forward
      • forwarder
      • forwardest
      • forwardness
      • forwardness's
      • fresh
      • front
      • front(a)
      • full-face
      • gardant
      • gardant(ip)
      • guardant
      • guardant(ip)
      • headfirst
      • headlong
      • impertinent
      • impudent
      • low
      • nervy
      • overbold
      • overfamiliar
      • presumptuous
      • progressive
      • sassy
      • saucy
      • second
      • self-assertive
      • smart

    Meronymys for the word forward

      • basketball team
      • five

    Hyponyms for the word forward

      • Dr. J
      • Erving
      • Julius Erving
      • Julius Winfield Erving

    Hypernyms for the word forward

      • basketball player
      • basketeer
      • cager
      • player
      • position
      • send
      • ship
      • transport

    Antonyms for the word forward

      • abaft
      • aft
      • astern
      • back
      • backward
      • backwards
      • rearward
      • rearwards
      • reverse

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