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fwd

fwd

8.2
A player who plays near the opponent's goal to score
  • noun
  • Jargon
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  • She played as a fwd on the hockey team and scored several important goals this season.

Examples

  • In soccer, a powerful fwd can change the outcome of the game with a single goal.

  • I see somebody else look like a small forward got a small forward inside there, right there.

  • I see somebody else look like a small forward got a small forward inside there, right there.

  • You have to look at imagine an NBA power forward that is super slick and moving around like Ali, right?

  • But right now as it stands though, Ragnik is looking for young forwards because obviously Kobani's contract will be done this summer.

  • Caution: possible double top, P/E is 92 trailing 54 fwd.

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  • But this is defenders, midfielders and forwards, which justifies why I'm about to put another left back on the table just before the comments start going.

  • Matt Buchanan, BuzzFeed FWD: "The irony here is that Microsoft, a software company, has mostly nailed the hardware but fallen down when it comes to the software."

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  • The coach decided to start the new fwd in the next match because he is very fast.

Synonyms

forward
vsfwd
74 3.2

A player in sports like soccer or basketball who tries to score

is the shortened written form used as an abbreviation in lineups
winger
vsfwd
64 3.4

A player who stays near the side of the field in sports like football and attacks to score or pass

is a general attacking role rather than a side specific position
striker
vsfwd
14 2.9

A player whose main job is to score goals in football, also called soccer

is a broader attacking role used across several team sports
attackman
vsfwd
  • Jargon
6.9

A player who mainly tries to score goals in sports like lacrosse

covers attacking players in many sports rather than one specific sport

How Attacking

striker
14 2.9
fwd
  • Jargon
8.2
winger
64 3.4
midfielder
21 3.3
defender
252 2.8

Surface Forms

fwd singular
fwds plural

Etymology

Fwd is short for forward, which literally means 'toward the front'. In team sports a forward is the player who moves toward the opponent's goal to attack, so a fwd is an attacking player.