English adverb: forwards | |||
1. | forwards at or to or toward the front | ||
Samples | He faced forward. Step forward. She practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine. | ||
Synonyms | forrad, forrard, forward, frontward, frontwards | ||
Domain usage | accent, dialect, idiom | ||
Antonyms | backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards, back | ||
2. | forwards in a forward direction | ||
Samples | Go ahead. The train moved ahead slowly. The boat lurched ahead. Moved onward into the forest. They went slowly forward in the mud. | ||
Synonyms | ahead, forrader, forward, onward, onwards | ||