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

1. noun. An agreement; a covenant; a promise.
2. adverb. Alt. of Forwards
3. adjective. 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.
4. adjective. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; to hasty.
5. adjective. 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.
6. adjective. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring.
7. transitive 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.
8. transitive verb. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.
9. noun. a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
10. noun. the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
11. verb. send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit

    "forward my mail"

12. adjective. at or near or directed toward the front

    "the forward section of the aircraft"

    "a forward plunge down the stairs"

13. adjective. of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle

    "in a forward gear"

14. adjective. used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty

    "a forward child badly in need of discipline"

15. adjective. moving forward

    Synonyms: advancing

16. adverb. in a forward direction

    "go ahead"

    "the train moved ahead slowly"

    Synonyms: ahead, forrader, forwards, onward, onwards

17. adverb. at or to or toward the front; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)

    "he faced forward"

    "step forward"

    Synonyms: forrad, forrard, forwards, frontward, frontwards

18. adverb. 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: ahead

19. adverb. forward in time or order or degree

    "from that time forth"

    "from the sixth century onward"

    Synonyms: forth, onward

20. adverb. near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane

    "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"

    Synonyms: fore

Synonyms

advancing, ahead, forrader, forwards, onward, onwards, forrad, forrard, frontward, frontwards, forth, fore

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in forward:

froward

Common word forms

forwards, forwardal, forwarded, forwarder, forwardly, forwardest, forwarding, forwardness

Words from these letters

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