Antonyms for onwards

Grammar : Adv

Spell : on-werd, awn-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒn wərd, ˈɔn-

Definition of onwards

Origin : see onward.

As in onward/onwards : adv ahead, beyond
As in onward : adv ahead
As in ahead : adv in front or advance of

Example sentences :

Follow in the steps of Heracles, our guide, and cheer each the other onwards by name.
Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon

Of the monarchs from 1173 onwards who were not here crowned, Henry IV.
Extract from : « The Cathedrals of Northern France » by Francis Miltoun

From the time of the "Krpitsa" onwards a regular colonization began.
Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 » by Henry Baerlein

But from 1751 onwards, they were only held once in two years.
Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley

He it was who dominated completely Prussian policy from 1862 onwards.
Extract from : « German Culture Past and Present » by Ernest Belfort Bax

Yet hearing, greater does she weep, that she must onwards go.
Extract from : « The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus » by Caius Valerius Catullus

Onwards it goes, with scarcely a perceptible serpentine movement.
Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston

There lies the future before you; onwards then, and forwards!
Extract from : « St. Winifred's » by Frederic W. Farrar

From the third year onwards he paid back one-tenth annually.
Extract from : « A Visit to Java » by W. Basil Worsfold

Some critics would throw it onwards to the very close of his life.
Extract from : « The Life of David » by Alexander Maclaren

Synonyms for onwards

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