"forward" | Definition and Related Words

Adjective

At or near or directed toward the front (synset 300204829)
"the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"
also:
- fore - situated at or toward the bow of a vessel
- progressive - favoring or promoting progress
similar to:
- full-face, gardant, guardant - looking forward
- headfirst, headlong - with the head foremost
Used of temperament or behavior;
Lacking restraint or modesty (synset 300206083)
"a forward child badly in need of discipline"

also: bold - fearless and daring
similar to:
- brash, cheeky, nervy - offensively bold
- bumptious, self-assertive - offensively self-assertive
- overfamiliar - taking undue liberties
- fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise - improperly forward or bold
- assuming, assumptive, presumptuous - excessively forward
Of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle (synset 300205366)
"in a forward gear"
Moving forward (synset 301882654)
similar to: progressive - favoring or promoting progress

same as: advancing, forward-moving

Noun

The person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey (synset 110125502)
is a type of: basketball player, basketeer, cager - an athlete who plays basketball

specific instances: dr. j, erving, julius erving, julius winfield erving - United States basketball forward (born in 1950)
A position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team (synset 100726634)
is a type of: position - (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player

belongs to: basketball team, five - a team that plays basketball

Adverb

At or to or toward the front (synset 400074907)
"he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"

domain usage: accent, dialect, idiom - the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

same as: forrad, forrard, forwards, frontward, frontwards
Forward in time or order or degree (synset 400104546)
"from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"

same as: forth, onward
Toward the future;
Forward in time (synset 400075708)
"I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you"

same as: ahead
In a forward direction (synset 400067665)
"go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"

same as: ahead, forrader, forwards, onward, onwards
Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane (synset 400277124)
"the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"

same as: fore

Verb