FORWARD
Dictionary entry overview: What does forward mean?
• FORWARD (noun)
The noun FORWARD has 2 senses:
1. the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
2. a position on a basketball team
Familiarity information: FORWARD used as a noun is rare.
• FORWARD (adjective)
The adjective FORWARD has 5 senses:
1. at or near or directed toward the front
2. moving toward a position ahead
3. used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
4. of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
5. moving forward
Familiarity information: FORWARD used as an adjective is common.
• FORWARD (verb)
The verb FORWARD has 1 sense:
1. send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
Familiarity information: FORWARD used as a verb is very rare.
• FORWARD (adverb)
The adverb FORWARD has 5 senses:
1. at or to or toward the front
2. forward in time or order or degree
3. toward the future; forward in time
4. in a forward direction
5. near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
Familiarity information: FORWARD used as an adverb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• FORWARD (noun)
Meaning:
The person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("forward" is a kind of...):
basketball player; basketeer; cager (an athlete who plays basketball)
Instance hyponyms:
Dr. J; Erving; Julius Erving; Julius Winfield Erving (United States basketball forward (born in 1950))
Meaning:
A position on a basketball team
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("forward" is a kind of...):
position ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player)
Holonyms ("forward" is a member of...):
basketball team; five (a team that plays basketball)
• FORWARD (adjective)
Meaning:
At or near or directed toward the front
Context examples:
the forward section of the aircraft / a forward plunge down the stairs / forward motion
Similar:
full-face; gardant; guardant (looking forward)
headfirst; headlong (with the head foremost)
Also:
fore (situated at or toward the bow of a vessel)
progressive (favoring or promoting progress)
Antonym:
backward (directed or facing toward the back or rear)
Meaning:
Moving toward a position ahead
Synonyms:
onward; forward
Context examples:
forward motion / the onward course of events
Similar:
advancing (moving ahead or toward the front)
Meaning:
Used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
Context example:
a forward child badly in need of discipline
Similar:
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)
Also:
bold (fearless and daring)
Antonym:
backward ((used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature)
Meaning:
Of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
Context example:
in a forward gear
Similar:
second (having the second highest gear ratio)
first; low (being the gear producing the lowest drive speed)
Antonym:
reverse (of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle)
Meaning:
Moving forward
Synonyms:
forward-moving; advancing; forward
Similar:
progressive (favoring or promoting progress)
• FORWARD (verb)
Meaning:
Send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
forward; send on
Context example:
forward my mail
Hypernyms (to "forward" is one way to...):
send; ship; transport (transport commercially)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence examples:
They forward the parcel to their parents
They forward them the parcel
• FORWARD (adverb)
Meaning:
At or to or toward the front
Synonyms:
frontwards; frontward; forwards; forward; forrard; forrad
Context examples:
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)
Antonym:
backward (at or to or toward the back or rear)
Meaning:
Forward in time or order or degree
Synonyms:
onward; forward; forth
Context examples:
from that time forth / from the sixth century onward
Meaning:
Toward the future; forward in time
Synonyms:
ahead; forward
Context examples:
I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring / I look forward to seeing you
Antonym:
backward (in or to or toward a past time)
Meaning:
In a forward direction
Synonyms:
onwards; forrader; onward; forwards; ahead; forward
Context examples:
go ahead / the train moved ahead slowly / the boat lurched ahead / moved onward into the forest / they went slowly forward in the mud
Meaning:
Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
Synonyms:
fore; forward
Context example:
the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments
