forwards

Examples

• All

• 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

F

forth

vsforwards

• Literature

∞ 7.4

From a starting point forward in time or place

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

A

ahead

vsforwards

∞ 1.0

In front or moving forward to make progress

emphasizes movement toward a place that lies directly in front

F

forward

vsforwards

568 1.0

In the direction someone faces or moves

is the same idea but appears as an alternative word form

O

onward

vsforwards

65 2.7

Moving forward from a certain time or place

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

D

dead ahead

vsforwards

15 3.4

Directly in front of you

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

O

onwards

vsforwards

2 2.2

From a time or place and continuing forward

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

F

frontwards

vsforwards

1 5.1

To move toward the front

is the alternative form with identical directional meaning

F

frontward

vsforwards

1 4.7

Toward the front of something

is the general alternative form with the same directional focus

F

frontways

vsforwards

1 3.6

Facing forward so the front part points ahead

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

F

forrard

vsforwards

• UK

9.9

Toward the front of a ship or other place

is the standard neutral expression rather than dialect or informal

F

forrader

vsforwards

• Archaic

9.9

Towards the front while moving

is the modern neutral form used instead of older variants

Antonyms

B

backward

240 1.0

Toward the back of something

Idioms

B

backwards and forwards

• UK

12 3.2

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

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology