forward

Meanings

• the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
• a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
• send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
  • "forward my mail"
• at or near or directed toward the front
  • "the forward section of the aircraft"
  • "a forward plunge down the stairs"
  • "forward motion"
• used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
  • "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
• of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
  • "in a forward gear"
• moving forward
• at or to or toward the front; ; ; ; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)
  • "he faced forward"
  • "step forward"
• forward in time or order or degree
• toward the future; forward in time
  • "I look forward to seeing you"
• in a forward direction
  • "they went slowly forward in the mud"
• near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
  • "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"

Synonyms

advancing, ahead, fore, forrad, forrader, forrard, forth, forward-moving, forwards, frontward, frontwards, onward, onwards, send on