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

1. noun. The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.
2. adjective & adjectivedverb. At or toward the rear.
3. noun. direction toward the rear

   "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"

4. adjective. located in or toward the back or rear

   "the chair's rear legs"

   "the rear door of the plane"

   Synonyms: rear

5. adjective. directed or moving toward the rear

   "a rearward glance"

   "a rearward movement"

   Synonyms: reverse

6. adverb. at or to or toward the back or rear

   "he moved back"

   "tripped when he stepped backward"

   Synonyms: back, backward, backwards, rearwards

Synonyms

rear, reverse, back, backward, backwards, rearwards

Common word forms

rearwards, rearwardly, rearwardness

Words from these letters

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