Forward

[n] a position on a basketball team
[n] the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
[adv] in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"
[adv] at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)
[adv] toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you"
[adv] forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
[adv] near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
[adj] moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events"
[adj] situated in the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"
[adj] at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"
[adj] of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear"
[adj] used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
[adj] situated at or toward the front; "the fore cabins"; "the forward part of the ship"
[adj] moving forward
[v] send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail"

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Synonyms

advancing, ahead, assuming, assumptive, brash, bumptious, cheeky, first, fore, forrad, forrader, forrard, forth, forward-moving, forwards, fresh, front(a), frontward, frontwards, full-face, gardant(ip), guardant(ip), headfirst, headlong, impertinent, impu

Antonyms

abaft, aft, astern, back, backward, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards, reverse

Related Terms

a bit previous, accelerate, acculturate, acquiescent, act for, actuate, address, advance, advanced, advancing, advantage, adventurous, agog, agreeable, ahead, aid, air-express, airfreight, airmail, alacritous, alee, all agog, along, ameliorate, amenable,