Dictionary Entry
forward
forward is a 7-letter English word with 20 senses as noun, adverb, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An agreement; a covenant; a promise. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 20 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
An agreement; a covenant; a promise.
- 2adverb
Alt. of Forwards
- 3adjective
Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet.
- 4adjective
Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; to hasty.
- 5adjective
Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years.
- 6adjective
Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring.
- 7transitive verb
To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement.
- 8transitive verb
To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.
- 9noun
a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
- 10noun
the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
- 11verb
send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
"forward my mail"
- 12adjective
at or near or directed toward the front
"the forward section of the aircraft"
"a forward plunge down the stairs"
- 13adjective
of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
"in a forward gear"
- 14adjective
used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
"a forward child badly in need of discipline"
- 15adjective
moving forward
Synonyms
- 16adverb
in a forward direction
"go ahead"
"the train moved ahead slowly"
- 17adverb
at or to or toward the front; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)
"he faced forward"
"step forward"
- 18adverb
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"
Synonyms
- 19adverb
forward in time or order or degree
"from that time forth"
"from the sixth century onward"
- 20adverb
near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
"the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
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