forward
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
Types & categories
- basketball player hypernym
- Erving instance hyponym
Sense 2 verb
send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
forward my mail
Types & categories
- ship hypernym
Related & opposite
- forwarding derivation
Sense 3 adjective
at or near or directed toward the front
the forward section of the aircraft
Related & opposite
- forea also see
- progressive also see
- backward antonym
- guardantip similar to
- headfirst similar to
Sense 4 adverb
at or to or toward the front
he faced forward
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
Types & categories
- position hypernym
Parts & wholes
- basketball team member holonym
Sense 6 adjective
used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
a forward child badly in need of discipline
Related & opposite
- bold also see
- backward antonym
- forwardness derivation
- brash similar to
- bumptious similar to
- overfamiliar similar to
- overbold similar to
- assumptive similar to
Sense 7 adverb
forward in time or order or degree
from that time forth
Sense 8 adjective
of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
in a forward gear
Related & opposite
- reverse antonym
Sense 9 adverb
toward the future; forward in time
I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring
Related & opposite
- backward antonym
Sense 10 adjective
moving forward
Related & opposite
- forwardness derivation
- progressive similar to
Sense 11 adverb
in a forward direction
go ahead
Sense 12 adverb
near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments
Related & opposite
- aft antonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | basketball player |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Erving |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | forwarding |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ship |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | forea |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | progressive |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | backward |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | guardantip |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | headfirst |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | rearward |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | dialect |
| 5 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | basketball team |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | position |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | bold |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | backward |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | forwardness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | brash |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | bumptious |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | overfamiliar |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | overbold |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | assumptive |
| 8 | antonym | Related & opposite | reverse |
| 9 | antonym | Related & opposite | backward |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | forwardness |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | progressive |
| 12 | antonym | Related & opposite | aft |