Synonyms for forward
| Grammar : Adj, adv, verb |
| Spell : fawr-werd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔr wərd |
Top 10 synonyms for forward Other synonyms for the word forward
- advance
- aggressive
- alee
- ante
- antecedently
- anterior
- assist
- assuming
- audacious
- back
- bantam
- bare-faced
- before
- beforehand
- bold
- brazen
- champion
- cheeky
- coming on strong
- confident
- consign
- cultivate
- encourage
- facial
- familiar
- favor
- fore
- foremost
- forth
- forward-looking
- foster
- freight
- fresh
- front
- further
- hasten
- head
- help
- hurry
- impudent
- in advance
- into prominence
- into view
- nervy
- on
- overassertive
- overweening
- pert
- post
- precedently
- precocious
- premature
- presuming
- presumptuous
- previous
- progressing
- progressive
- propulsive
- pushing
- pushy
- remit
- route
- rude
- sassy
- saucy
- self-assertive
- serve
- smart
- smart-alecky
- speed
- support
- to the fore
- transmit
- transport
- uphold
- uppity
- vanward
- ventral
- well-developed
- wise
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for forward
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