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forwards

1 1.0

Towards the front or a place ahead

adverb
/ˈfɔrwərdz/

: hacia adelante

And then we can move forwards, slide backwards.
go forwards
forwards and backwards

And if you lean forward, it doesn't show the points.

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Examples

And every idea that I've heard of is just moving backwards, I want to move forwards.

GONE: My Daughter (2018)
There have been steps backwards, steps forwards, steps to the side.
And we resolve to look forwards, not backwards.
Oh, and also backwards and forwards going against the grain.

Patricia Bright
Rise, tuck, ripple forwards and through and up.
It can fly up, down, forwards, backwards, even upside down.
I've been going backwards so long, it's a rush to go forwards.

Flywheel (2003)
All right, so that's forwards and that's backwards.
In fact, both the conduit and this conduit curve forwards slightly.

James Bruton
After finishing the last project, we are ready to move forwards with the new initiative.

Synonyms

ahead

vsforwards

∞ 1.0

In front or moving forward to make progress

emphasizes movement toward a place that lies directly in front

forward

vsforwards

∞ 1.0

In the direction someone faces or moves

is the same idea but appears as an alternative word form

forth

vsforwards

Literature

420 7.4

From a starting point forward in time or place

describes movement toward a place in front without implying origin or tone

onward

vsforwards

45 2.7

Moving forward from a certain time or place

focuses on simple spatial movement toward a place in front, not sequence

onwards

vsforwards

17 2.2

From a time or place and continuing forward

is limited to spatial direction toward a place in front, not time

dead ahead

vsforwards

14 3.4

Directly in front of you

refers more generally to movement toward a front position, not exactness

frontwards

vsforwards

5.1

To move toward the front

is the alternative form with identical directional meaning

frontward

vsforwards

4.7

Toward the front of something

is the general alternative form with the same directional focus

forrard

vsforwards

9.9

Toward the front of a ship or other place

is the standard neutral expression rather than dialect or informal

forrader

vsforwards

Archaic

9.9

Towards the front while moving

is the modern neutral form used instead of older variants

frontways

vsforwards

3.6

Facing forward so the front part points ahead

focuses on movement toward a place in front rather than mere facing

Antonyms

backward

84 1.0

Toward the back of something

Idioms

backwards and forwards

7 3.2

To move one way and then the other way again and again

Surface Forms

forwards positive

Morphology

forwards = (transparent) = forward + s

The word 'forwards' is a straightforward adverbial form of 'forward', indicating direction. [Postprocessing: moved 'forward' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Forwards comes from the old parts for- meaning 'in front' and -wards meaning 'toward', so it literally means 'toward the front' or 'ahead'. That is why we use forwards to talk about physical movement toward something in front of you.