Synonyms for onward
ˈɒn wərd, ˈɔn-on·ward

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1. onwardadverb

   Synonyms:
   onwards

2. onwardadjective

   Moving forward.

   There was an onward rush as the gates opened

   Synonyms:
   onwards

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1. onward

   Synonyms:
   forward, ahead, in advance

   Antonyms:
   backward, astorm, aback

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1. forth, forward, onwardadverb

   forward in time or order or degree

   "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"

   Synonyms:
   forrad, off, frontwards, forwards, frontward, ahead, forth, forrader, onwards, fore, away, forward, forrard

2. ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forraderadverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   frontwards, before, forrader, forrad, in the lead, forward, onwards, in advance, forwards, forrard, in front, out front, forth, frontward, fore, ahead, beforehand

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1. forward

   in a continuing forward direction; ahead.

   we were onward from the other racers.

   Submitted by anonymous on April 6, 2021  

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1. onwardadjective

   Synonyms:
   forward, in advance

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1. List of paraphrases for "onward":

   tallyho

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1. Ewan McGregor:

   I ordered a massive dessert and started putting weight from that second onward, it’s quite nice when you’re ordering — you can order whatever you like. But the truth is I would go to bed every night not feeling very great. I’m a small guy. I’m not really used to carrying weight. It doesn’t make you feel great. I like to feel fit and healthy. But it was effective. It worked.

2. The United:

   WHO urges the affected countries to make every effort to identify all cases and contacts to control this outbreak and prevent onward monkeypox spread.

3. Chuck Carlson:

   The market was overdue for a bounce. Perhaps we're getting that now, i'd love to say we're onward and upward from here but I don't think things work that way.

4. Edward McFadden:

   Regarding the Father Ernest Paone case, the man lived in California and Nevada from the mid-1960s onward and was not in the Pittsburgh Diocese when Donald Wuerl arrived. Donald Wuerl knew of no claims against Father Ernest Paone until July 25, 1994, and then acted promptly to notify others out of state of an allegation after Donald Wuerl received it.

5. Albert Camus:

   What then is capital punishment but the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated it may be, can be compared For there to be an equivalence, the death penalty would have to punish a criminal, who had warned his victim of the date at which he would inflict a horrible death on him, and who from that moment onward had confined him at his mercy for months. Such a monster is not encountered in private life.