Ahead

/əˈhɛd/

Synonyms for "ahead" (100 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Adverb(5 words)
beforehandforwardin advancein frontbefore
Noun(1 words)
course forward

Strong matches (30)

Related words (50)

higherin advancein anticipationin ascendancyin frontin the ascendantin the forefrontin the foregroundin the frontin the leadmajormarkedof choiceonone up ononwardonwardsoutstandingoverprecocious
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Adjective(3 words)
in the leadleadinglong thrust
Adverb(5 words)
in the leadleadingonwardonwardsout front
Verb(3 words)
outdistancedoutpacedpush forward a proposal
Noun(2 words)
peer forwardthrust forward

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries
adverb of placedirectional termspatial relationtemporal adverb

More specific

4 entries
foremost positionfront positionfront rankleading position

Collocations

11 entries
ahead of timefar aheadforemost positionfront positionfront rankfrontal regiongo aheadleading positionlook aheadmove aheadplan ahead

Inflections

2 entries
more aheadmost ahead

Derivations

3 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

8 translations across 5 languages.

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Finnish

1 entries
  • etuajassa adv (at an earlier time)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מֵרֹאשׁ adv (at an earlier time)

Italian

2 entries
  • antecedentemente adv (at an earlier time)
  • in anticipo adv (at an earlier time)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • forskuddsvis adv (at an earlier time)
  • på forhånd adv (at an earlier time)
  • på forskudd adv (at an earlier time)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • ahdiantado adv (at an earlier time)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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You can get ahead in the world.

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I hope you have a happy future ahead of you.

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Your ideas are ahead of the times.

Source: tatoeba (17176)

Go straight ahead until you reach the church.

Source: tatoeba (19095)

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