Forward

/ˈfɔːwəd/

Synonyms for "forward" (534 found)

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Adjective(7 words)
long thrustmilitary advanceovereagerpushierpushiestrandiersassiest
Adverb(2 words)
Noun(31 words)
onwardpeer forwardpresent to committeeproceedprogress towardpromotepushyredirect linkredirectingredirectsrelayingrelaysrouteingroutesroutingscorersendsendingshared messageshipping
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Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

27 entries
advanceassistbasketball playerbasketeerbehavioral traitcagercommunicationdirectiondirectional adverbexclamationimperativeinstructionmessagepersonality traitplayerposition

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More specific

26 entries
advocateattackbackboldnesscenter forwardcontinuationemailemail forwardfaxfront edgefront partfrontwardgo aheadletterletter forwardmail

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Collocations

22 entries
center forwardemail forwardforward directionforward edgeforward endforward lookingforward marchforward motionforward movementforward passforward planningforward positionforward progressforward thinkinggo forwardlook forward

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Inflections

5 entries
forwardedforwardingforwardsmore forwardmost forward

Derivations

6 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

similar

25 entries

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Translations

156 translations across 63 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • voor adj (at the front)
  • voorwaarts adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • vorentoe adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πρόσω adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Arabic

1 entries
  • فِي الْمُقَدِّمَة adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Asturian

1 entries
  • alantre adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • irəli adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • qabağa adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Bashkir

3 entries
  • алдағы adj (at the front)
  • алғы adj (at the front)
  • алға adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Basque

1 entries
  • aurrera adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • напе́рад adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • преден adj (at the front)
  • напред adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Catalan

1 entries
  • endavant adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • kinajti adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 向前 adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Czech

4 entries
  • přední adj (at the front)
  • dopředu adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • vpřed adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • rojník noun (players nearest to the opposing rugby team)

Danish

4 entries
  • forrest adj (at the front)
  • forlæns adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • frem adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • fremad adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • antaŭa adj (at the front)
  • antaŭen adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Even

1 entries
  • дьулэски adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Evenki

1 entries
  • дюлэски adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Finnish

4 entries
  • etinen adj (at the front)
  • etu- adj (at the front)
  • etummainen adj (at the front)
  • eteenpäin adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

French

4 entries
  • avant adj (at the front)
  • aller en avant adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • avancer adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • en avant adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Galician

4 entries
  • avan adj (at the front)
  • diante adj (at the front)
  • enfronte adj (at the front)
  • perante adj (at the front)

Georgian

3 entries
  • წინა adj (at the front)
  • პირდაპირ adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • წინ adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

German

4 entries
  • Front- adj (at the front)
  • Vorwärts- adj (at the front)
  • vorausgerichtet adj (at the front)
  • vorauszielend adj (at the front)

Greek

4 entries
  • εμπρόσθιος adj (at the front)
  • μπροστινός adj (at the front)
  • εμπρός adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • μπροστά adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קדימה adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अगला adj (at the front)
  • अग्रस्थ adj (at the front)
  • आगे की ओर adj (at the front)
  • आगे adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • elöl lévő adj (at the front)
  • elülső adj (at the front)
  • előre adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Ido

2 entries
  • avane adj (at the front)
  • adavane adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • maju adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Italian

1 entries
  • avanti adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 前の adj (at the front)
  • 前方 adj (at the front)
  • 前に adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • 前方 adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • алға adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Khmer

1 entries
  • មុខ adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • алга adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Ladino

1 entries
  • adelantre adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Latin

2 entries
  • prōrsum adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • prōsum adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • напред adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • മുന്നിലെ adj (at the front)
  • മിന്നിൽ adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • മുന്നോട്ട് adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • урагш adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • урагшаа adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • өмнөш adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • өмнөшөө adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakamua adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Nanai

1 entries
  • дюлилэ adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Navajo

1 entries
  • náás adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • pêşve adj (at the front)
  • pêşve adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • fremre adj (at the front)
  • framover adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Occitan

1 entries
  • endavant adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Old Leonese

1 entries
  • adelantre adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Old Spanish

1 entries
  • adelante adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Persian

1 entries
  • جلو adj (at the front)

Polish

2 entries
  • do przodu adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • naprzód adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • dianteiro adj (at the front)
  • frontal adj (at the front)
  • fronteiro adj (at the front)
  • adiante adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Romanian

2 entries
  • înainte adj (at the front)
  • înainte adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Russian

4 entries
  • пере́дний adj (at the front)
  • передово́й adj (at the front)
  • вперёд adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • да́лее adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prednji adj (at the front)
  • предњи adj (at the front)
  • napred adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • naprijed adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Slovak

2 entries
  • dopredu adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • vpred adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Slovene

1 entries
  • naprej adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Spanish

2 entries
  • adelante adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • avante adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Swedish

2 entries
  • främre adj (at the front)
  • framåt adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Tatar

1 entries
  • алга adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ileri adj (at the front)
  • ön adj (at the front)
  • ileri adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • ileriye adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • напере́д adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • упере́д adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Urdu

1 entries
  • آگے adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • đầu adj (at the front)
  • trên adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ymlaen adj (at the front)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • אויף ווײַטער adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • פֿאָרווערטס adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • פֿאָרויס adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Sample sentences

58 total sentences available.

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I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter.

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I am looking forward to seeing you.

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I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

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I'm looking forward to seeing you again before long.

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