vanguard

vanguard is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 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 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van.
2. noun. the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field

   "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England"

   "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy"

   Synonyms: forefront

3. noun. the leading units moving at the head of an army

   Synonyms: van

4. noun. any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

   Synonyms: van

Synonyms

forefront, van

Common word forms

vanguards

Words from these letters

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