Forward

//ˈfɔːwəd//

Synonyms for "forward" (485 found)

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Adjective(3 words)
Adverb(2 words)
Verb(2 words)
Noun(2 words)

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Translations

469 translations across 74 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • verwag adj (expected in the future)
  • voor adj (at the front)
  • voorspel adj (expected in the future)
  • verder adv (in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards)

Ancient Greek

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

Arabic

3 entries
  • صَاعِدًا adv (into the future)
  • فِي الْمُقَدِّمَة adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • مُهَاجِم noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հարձակվող noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)

Asturian

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

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • irəli adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • qabağa adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • ötürmək verb (send (something received) to a third party)

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

3 entries
  • напе́рад adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • перасла́ць verb (send (something received) to a third party)
  • перасыла́ць verb (send (something received) to a third party)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • нахален adj (without customary restraint)
  • преден adj (at the front)
  • занапред adv (into the future)
  • напред adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Catalan

4 entries
  • endavant adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • ala noun (centre or winger in ice hockey)
  • aler noun (small forward or power forward position)
  • atacant noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)

Chamicuro

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

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 向前 adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • 前鋒 /前锋 noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)
  • 轉發 /转发 verb (send (something received) to a third party)

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)
  • vpřed adv (in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards)

Danish

4 entries
  • direkte adj (without customary restraint)
  • forrest adj (at the front)
  • fræk adj (without customary restraint)
  • pågående adj (without customary restraint)

Dutch

2 entries
  • doorsturen verb (send (something received) to a third party)
  • forwarden verb (send (something received) to a third party)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • antaŭa adj (at the front)
  • impertinenta adj (without customary restraint)
  • antaŭen adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • antaŭen adv (in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards)

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
  • ennustettu adj (expected in the future)
  • etinen adj (at the front)
  • etu adj (at the front)
  • etummainen adj (at the front)

French

4 entries
  • avant adj (at the front)
  • cavalier adj (without customary restraint)
  • osé adj (without customary restraint)
  • aller en avant adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Galician

4 entries
  • adiantado adj (advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious)
  • afouto adj (without customary restraint)
  • agardado adj (expected in the future)
  • ardido adj (without customary restraint)

Georgian

4 entries
  • წინა adj (at the front)
  • პირდაპირ adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • შემდგომ adv (into the future)
  • წინ adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

German

4 entries
  • Front adj (at the front)
  • Vorwärts adj (at the front)
  • begierig adj (ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty)
  • berechnet adj (expected in the future)

Greek

4 entries
  • αυθάδης adj (without customary restraint)
  • εμπρόσθιος adj (at the front)
  • μπροστινός adj (at the front)
  • προπετής adj (without customary restraint)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • הלאה adv (in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards)
  • קדימה adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • חָלוּץ noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)

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

4 entries
  • arcátlan adj (without customary restraint)
  • elöl lévő adj (at the front)
  • elülső adj (at the front)
  • előre jelzett adj (expected in the future)

Ido

3 entries
  • avane adj (at the front)
  • adavane adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • adavane adv (in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards)

Indonesian

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

Irish

3 entries
  • dalba adj (without customary restraint)
  • forránach adj (without customary restraint)
  • urrúsach adj (without customary restraint)

Italian

4 entries
  • diretto adj (without customary restraint)
  • previsto adj (expected in the future)
  • avanti adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • attaccante noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)

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

2 entries
  • алға adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • алға adv (in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ដើរ adv (in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards)
  • មុខ adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Korean

1 entries
  • 공격수 noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • алга adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • чабуулчу noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)

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)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Stiermer noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)

Macedonian

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

Malayalam

4 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)
  • മുന്നോട്ട് adv (in the direction in which someone or something is facing)

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

2 entries
  • whakametometo adj (without customary restraint)
  • whakamua adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Nanai

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

Navajo

2 entries
  • náás adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • náás adv (into the future)

Northern Kurdish

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

Norwegian

4 entries
  • direkte adj (without customary restraint)
  • framtidig adj (expected in the future)
  • fremre adj (at the front)
  • framover adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • angriper noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)
  • spiss noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)
  • videresende verb (send (something received) to a third party)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • angripar noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)
  • spiss noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)
  • vidaresende verb (send (something received) to a third party)

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)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • нападач noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)

Persian

1 entries
  • جلو adj (at the front)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • driest adj (without customary restraint)
  • driest adj (ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty)

Polish

3 entries
  • do przodu adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • naprzód adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • napastnik noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • atrevido adj (without customary restraint)
  • dianteiro adj (at the front)
  • esperado adj (expected in the future)
  • frontal adj (at the front)

Romanian

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

Russian

4 entries
  • де́рзкий adj (without customary restraint)
  • наха́льный adj (without customary restraint)
  • пере́дний adj (at the front)
  • передово́й adj (at the front)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • napred adj (without customary restraint)
  • naprijed adj (without customary restraint)
  • prednji adj (at the front)
  • unapred adj (expected in the future)

Slovak

4 entries
  • dopredu adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • vpred adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • forvard noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)
  • útočník noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)

Slovene

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

Spanish

4 entries
  • confianzudo adj (without customary restraint)
  • descarado adj (without customary restraint)
  • fresco adj (without customary restraint)
  • a partir de adv (into the future)

Swahili

1 entries
  • fowadi noun (player nearest to the opposing soccer team)

Swedish

4 entries
  • framtida adj (expected in the future)
  • främre adj (at the front)
  • påflugen adj (without customary restraint)
  • framåt adv (at, near or towards the front of something)

Tatar

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

Tongan

1 entries
  • imua adv (in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ileri adj (at the front)
  • müstakbel adj (expected in the future)
  • olası adj (expected in the future)
  • ön adj (at the front)

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

4 entries
  • đầu adj (at the front)
  • tiếp adv (in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards)
  • trên adv (at, near or towards the front of something)
  • gởi tiếp verb (send (something received) to a third party)

Welsh

3 entries
  • ymlaen adj (at the front)
  • anfon ymlaen verb (send (something received) to a third party)
  • blaenyrru verb (send (something received) to a third party)

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

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

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