Forward
Forward is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 14 points
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 2
- How common
- Very common
Meaning of forward
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nounThe person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey.
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nounA position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team.
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verbSend or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit.
“forward my mail”
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adjectiveAt or near or directed toward the front.
“the forward section of the aircraft”
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adjectiveUsed of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty.
“a forward child badly in need of discipline”
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adjectiveOf the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle.
“in a forward gear”
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adverbAt or to or toward the front; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations).
“he faced forward”
Similar: forwards , frontward , frontwards
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adverbForward in time or order or degree.
“from that time forth”
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adverbToward the future; forward in time.
“I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring”
Similar: ahead
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of forward
- froward14
Words inside forward
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- farrow12
- arrow8
- dwarf12
- ardor6
- road5
- word8
- draw8
- ford8
- ward8
- roar4
- dorr5
- fado8
- fard8
- faro7
- fora7
- frow10
- woad8
- orad5
- orra4
- far6
- for6
- war6
- raw6
- rod4
- row6
- ado4
- daw7
- dow7
- fad7
- fro6
- ora3
- rad4
- wad7
- arf6
- dor4
- oaf6
- oar3
Words that rhyme with forward
- foreword
- shoreward
- straightforward
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