1. (noun)forward the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey Antonyms: blate, converse, reversive, retroflexed, rearward, retracted, reverse, retral, transposed, cacuminal, regressive, bashful, self-referent, backswept, backward, receding(a), sweptback, retroflex, retrograde, reflexive, returning(a), inverse, reversed, regardant(ip), rearwards, backwards, back
7. (adverb)forward, send on send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit Synonyms: forward, send on Antonyms: self-referent, retroflex, blate, backward, reverse, backswept, reflexive, rearward, regardant(ip), regressive, reversive, transposed, bashful, sweptback, retrograde, receding(a), reversed, retracted, cacuminal, converse, inverse, retral, returning(a), retroflexed, rearwards, backwards, back
8. (adverb)forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard at or to or toward the front Synonyms: forrad, forrard, frontwards, forwards, frontward, ahead, forth, forrader, onwards, onward, fore, forward Antonyms: backswept, retroflex, rearward, retracted, backward, reverse, sweptback, cacuminal, receding(a), converse, regressive, retrograde, regardant(ip), retral, inverse, transposed, reflexive, blate, self-referent, reversive, bashful, reversed, retroflexed, returning(a), rearwards, back, backwards
9. (adverb)forth, forward, onward forward in time or order or degree Synonyms: forrad, off, frontwards, forwards, frontward, ahead, forth, forrader, onwards, onward, fore, away, forward, forrard Antonyms: retral, backswept, backward, reversive, bashful, reverse, regardant(ip), retroflexed, transposed, rearward, retroflex, retracted, sweptback, cacuminal, reversed, blate, reflexive, receding(a), retrograde, converse, regressive, self-referent, returning(a), inverse, rearwards, backwards, back
10. (adverb)ahead, forward toward the future; forward in time Synonyms: frontwards, before, forrader, onward, forrad, in the lead, forward, onwards, in advance, forwards, forrard, in front, out front, forth, frontward, fore, ahead, beforehand Antonyms: inverse, reflexive, blate, reversive, regressive, receding(a), reversed, retral, reverse, cacuminal, returning(a), bashful, retroflexed, backward, retroflex, backswept, retrograde, rearward, transposed, regardant(ip), self-referent, retracted, sweptback, converse, rearwards, backwards, back
11. (adverb)ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader in a forward direction Synonyms: frontwards, before, forrader, onward, forrad, in the lead, forward, onwards, in advance, forwards, forrard, in front, out front, forth, frontward, fore, ahead, beforehand Antonyms: retroflex, retrograde, cacuminal, receding(a), reverse, retral, regardant(ip), transposed, backswept, returning(a), reflexive, backward, retroflexed, regressive, converse, blate, rearward, reversive, inverse, retracted, self-referent, bashful, reversed, sweptback, backwards, rearwards, back
12. (adverb)fore, forward near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane Synonyms: forrad, forrard, frontwards, forwards, frontward, ahead, forth, forrader, onwards, onward, fore, forward Antonyms: regardant(ip), backward, reverse, reversive, backswept, sweptback, receding(a), bashful, cacuminal, retrograde, retral, self-referent, reversed, retracted, returning(a), converse, reflexive, rearward, retroflexed, retroflex, blate, regressive, inverse, transposed, back, backwards, rearwards
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'forward'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. forward Antecedent may denote simple priority in time, implying no direct connection between that which goes before and that which follows; as, the striking of one clock may be always antecedent to the s Synonyms: previous, antecedent, foregoing, front, preceding, anterior, former, introductory, preliminary, earlier, forward, precedent, prior Antonyms: after, consequent, hind, hindmost, latter, subsequent, concluding, following, hinder, later, posterior, succeeding
Synonyms for forward 
