Ahead

//əˈhɛd//

Synonyms for "ahead" (94 found)

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similar

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Translations

56 translations across 24 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • напред adv (in or to the front)
  • отпред adv (in or to the front)

Catalan

3 entries
  • al davant de adv (in or to the front)
  • davant adv (in or to the front)
  • en front de adv (in or to the front)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • ímmayya adv (in or to the front)

Dutch

3 entries
  • voor ons adv (in or to the front)
  • voorop adv (in or to the front)
  • vooruit adv (in or to the front)

Erzya

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  • икелепеле adv (in or to the front)

Esperanto

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  • antaŭe adv (in or to the front)

Finnish

4 entries
  • edellä adv (in or to the front)
  • edellä adv (so as to be further advanced)
  • edessä adv (in or to the front)
  • edessä adv (in or for the future)

French

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  • devant adv (in or to the front)

German

2 entries
  • voraus adv (in or to the front)
  • vorn adv (in or to the front)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מֵרֹאשׁ adv (at an earlier time)

Italian

4 entries
  • al futuro adv (in or for the future)
  • antecedentemente adv (at an earlier time)
  • anticipatamente adv (in or for the future)
  • anzitempo adv (in or for the future)

Japanese

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  • 先に adv (in or to the front)

Mirandese

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  • alantre adv (in or to the front)

Navajo

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  • alą́ąjįʼ adv (in or to the front)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • foran adv (in or to the front)
  • foran adv (so as to be further advanced)
  • forover adv (to a later time)
  • forskuddsvis adv (at an earlier time)

Polish

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  • z przodu adv (in or to the front)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • ahdiantado adv (at an earlier time)
  • para frente adv (in or to the front)
  • à frente adv (in or to the front)

Romanian

2 entries
  • în fața adv (in or to the front)
  • înainte adv (in or to the front)

Russian

2 entries
  • впереди́ adv (in or to the front)
  • вперёд adv (in or to the front)

Spanish

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  • adelante adv (in or to the front)
  • al frente de adv (in or to the front)
  • delante de adv (in or to the front)

Tonga (Zambia)

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  • kumbele adv (in or to the front)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • впере́д adv (in or to the front)
  • попе́реду adv (in or to the front)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • raver adv (in or to the front)

ǃXóõ

1 entries
  • ǂhàã adv (in or to the front)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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You can get ahead in the world.

Source: tatoeba (15962)

I hope you have a happy future ahead of you.

Source: tatoeba (17053)

Your ideas are ahead of the times.

Source: tatoeba (17176)

Go straight ahead until you reach the church.

Source: tatoeba (19095)

Showing 4 of 25 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.