And I’m not sure there’s anyone better at yanking up their galoshes and trudging onward in the face of loss.
Source: tatoeba (1326226)
Onward
//ˈɒnwəd//
Synonyms for "onward" (36 found)
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Adverb(1 words)
Related words (18)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- إِلَى الْأَمَام adv (In a forward direction)
Bulgarian
1 entries- напред adv (In a forward direction)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 向前 adv (In a forward direction)
Dutch
1 entries- vooruit adv (In a forward direction)
Finnish
2 entries- eespäin adv (In a forward direction)
- eteenpäin adv (In a forward direction)
French
1 entries- en avant adv (In a forward direction)
German
1 entries- vorwärts adv (In a forward direction)
Greek
1 entries- προς τα εμπρός adv (In a forward direction)
Hebrew
1 entries- הָלְאָה adv (In a forward direction)
Hungarian
3 entries- előre adv (In a forward direction)
- előrehaladó adv (In a forward direction)
- tovább adv (In a forward direction)
Irish
2 entries- ar aghaidh adv (In a forward direction)
- chun cinn adv (In a forward direction)
Italian
2 entries- in avanti adv (In a forward direction)
- in poi adv (In a forward direction)
Japanese
1 entries- 前へ adv (In a forward direction)
Korean
1 entries- 앞으로 adv (In a forward direction)
Latin
1 entries- porrō adv (In a forward direction)
Marathi
1 entries- पुढे adv (In a forward direction)
Māori
2 entries- ki mua adv (In a forward direction)
- whakamua adv (In a forward direction)
Polish
2 entries- do przodu adv (In a forward direction)
- w przód adv (In a forward direction)
Portuguese
3 entries- a partir de agora adv (In a forward direction)
- avante adv (In a forward direction)
- para diante adv (In a forward direction)
Russian
1 entries- вперёд adv (In a forward direction)
Spanish
4 entries- a partir de ahora adv (In a forward direction)
- de frente adv (In a forward direction)
- en adelante adv (In a forward direction)
- hacia adelante adv (In a forward direction)
Swedish
1 entries- framåt adv (In a forward direction)
Welsh
1 entries- ymlaen adv (In a forward direction)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
The shattered oars start forth; / round swings the prow, and lets the waters sweep / the broadside. Onward comes a mountain heap / of billows, gaunt, abrupt.
Source: tatoeba (6780109)
Lashed into foam, behind them roars the brine; / now, gliding onward to the beach, ere long / they gain the fields, and rolling bloodshot eyne / that blaze with fire, the monsters move along, / and lick their hissing jaws, and dart a flickering tongue.
Source: tatoeba (6814583)
Onward it came, smooth-sliding on the ground, / an, beetling, o'er the midmost city frowned.
Source: tatoeba (6814600)
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