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ADJECTIVE | 1 | forward | At or near or directed toward the front |
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2 | forward, onward | Moving toward a position ahead | |
3 | forward | Used of temperament or behavior | |
4 | forward | Of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle | |
5 | forward, advancing, forward-moving | Moving forward | |
6 | forward | Situated at or toward the front | |
7 | forward | Situated in the front | |
ADVERB | 1 | forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard | At or to or toward the front |
2 | forward, forth, onward | Forward in time or order or degree | |
3 | forward, ahead | Toward the future | |
4 | forward, ahead, onward, onwards, forwards, forrader | In a forward direction | |
5 | forward, fore | Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane | |
NOUN | 1 | forward | The person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team |
2 | forward | A position on a basketball team | |
VERB | 1 | forward, send on | Send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit |
Sounds | fao'rwerd |
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Rhymes | Abelard, absurd, acquired, and 283 more rhymes in erd at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | At or near or directed toward the front. |
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Examples | "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion" |
Similar | guardant, gardant, full-face; headfirst, headlong |
See also | fore; progressive |
Contrary | backward |
Meaning | Moving toward a position ahead. |
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Examples | "forward motion" |
Synonyms | onward |
Similar to | advancing |
Meaning | Used of temperament or behavior. Lacking restraint or modesty. |
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Examples | "a forward child badly in need of discipline" |
Similar | brash, cheeky, nervy; bumptious, self-assertive; overfamiliar; fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy; assumptive, assuming, presumptuous |
See also | bold |
Contrary | backward |
Meaning | Of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle. |
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Examples | "in a forward gear" |
Similar | first, low; second |
Contrary | reverse |
Meaning | Moving forward. |
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Synonyms | advancing, forward-moving |
Similar to | progressive |
Meaning | Situated at or toward the front. |
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Examples | "the forward part of the ship" |
Similar to | fore |
Meaning | Situated in the front. |
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Examples | "the forward section of the aircraft" |
Similar to | front |
Meaning | The person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team. |
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Narrower | Erving, Julius Erving, Julius Winfield Erving, Dr. J |
Broader | basketball player, basketeer, cager |
Meaning | A position on a basketball team. |
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Member of | basketball team, five |
Broader | position |
Meaning | At or to or toward the front. |
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Examples | "he faced forward"; "step forward" |
Synonyms | forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard |
Contrary | back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards |
Usage | dialect, idiom, accent |
Meaning | Forward in time or order or degree. |
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Synonyms | forth, onward |
Meaning | Toward the future. Forward in time. |
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Examples | "I look forward to seeing you" |
Synonyms | ahead |
Contrary | back, backward |
Meaning | In a forward direction. |
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Examples | "they went slowly forward in the mud" |
Synonyms | ahead, onward, onwards, forwards, forrader |
Meaning | Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane. |
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Examples | "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments" |
Synonyms | fore |
Contrary | aft, abaft, astern |
Meaning | Send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
Model | They forward the parcel to their parents; They forward them the parcel |
Examples | "forward my mail" |
Synonyms | send on |
Broader | transport, send, ship |
Nouns | forwarding |