Forward (Adverb)

Meaning ¹

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".

Synonyms

• Ahead

Antonyms

• Backward

Meaning ²

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".

Synonyms

• Ahead
• Onwards
• Forrader
• Onward
• Forwards

Meaning ³

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).

Usages

• Accent
• Idiom

Synonyms

• Frontwards
• Forrad
• Forrard
• Frontward
• Forwards

Antonyms

• Backward

Meaning ⁴

Forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward".

Synonyms

• Forth
• Onward

Meaning ⁵

Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments".

Synonyms

• Fore