Dictionary Entry
rearward
rearward is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, adjective & adjectivedverb, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.
- 2adjective & adjectivedverb
At or toward the rear.
- 3noun
direction toward the rear
"his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"
- 4adjective
located in or toward the back or rear
"the chair's rear legs"
"the rear door of the plane"
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- 5adjective
directed or moving toward the rear
"a rearward glance"
"a rearward movement"
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- 6adverb
at or to or toward the back or rear
"he moved back"
"tripped when he stepped backward"
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