Antonyms for forward

Grammar : Adj, adv, verb

Spell : fawr-werd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔr wərd

Definition of forward

Origin : Old English forewearde "toward the front;" see fore + -ward. Adjectival sense of "early" is from 1520s; that of "presumptuous" is attested from 1560s.

adj advancing, early
adj in front, first
adj brash, impertinent
adv toward the front in order, time
verb aid, expedite
verb send, ship

Example sentences :

We are like men in a subterranean cave, so chained that they can look only forward to the entrance.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

And jest when I was lookin' forward to luxury and palaces in England, and everything so grand!
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Mr Clayton was pushing me forward, and urging a dagger into my hand.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

She drew him forward a little, and her hand touched his as she did so.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

We learn nothing, we take no forward step, except as we are whipped to it by anguish.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

At thirty a man should look back with tenderness, forward with hope.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

It was as though the involuntary kiss had lurched him forward into a futurity of misery.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Nor were they wrong, for such is the avowed aim of the "Forward Policy."
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

And at extreme ranges, the forward one-third of the barrel is the point of aim.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

While this was doing, most of the Englishmen ran up the forward hatch.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Synonyms for forward

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