Synonyms for forward
- adjective
- verb
- adverb
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Fresh — without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy
fresh, bold, cheeky, presumptuous, impudent, impertinent, brazen, pert, audacious, sassy, nervy, brash, naughty, flippant, intrusive, brassy, officious, insolent, obtrusive, malapert dated
3. Ready — ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty
ready, eager, willing, inclined, anxious, prompt, earnest, zealous
Other
pushing, progressive, sauce-y, premature, self-assertive, early, previous, advanced, assuming, presuming, untimely, precocious
Verb
accelerate, further, promote, advance, support, help, favor US, favour UK, encourage, send, send on, pass on, speed, hurry, serve, transfer, ship, aid, expedite, foster, hasten, dispatch, despatch UK, quicken
Adverb
2. Frontwards
frontwards rare, frontward rare, forrard rare, forrad rare
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
She is a very forward young lady, not afraid to speak her mind.
- adj. 2
Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.
- v. 1
To advance, promote.
He did all he could to forward the interests of the school.
- adv. 1
Into the future.
From this day forward, there will be no more brussels sprouts at the cafeteria.
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- forwarded
e.g. forwarded → accelerated, furthered, promoted, advanced…
Choose the right word
We can say former times, a former chapter, etc., but not the former part of a garden; we should say the front part of the garden, the forward car of a train.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- ready I will see to it that everything is ready in time.
- pushing We're constantly pushing the bounds of technology.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| forward | rising | |
| ready | rising | |
| pushing | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 2 letters
- on1
- 3 letters
- aid1
- 4 letters
- help1, send1, ship1, bold1, fore1, pert1
- 5 letters
- early2, along2, front1, ready2, speed1, ahead2, fresh1, serve1, favor2, forth1, hurry2, eager2, sassy2, brash1
- 6 letters
- favour2, foster2, prompt1, cheeky2, onward2, brazen2, hasten2, brassy2, hereon, forrad
- 7 letters
- support2, further2, willing2, advance2, promote2, pushing2, anxious2, naughty2, earnest2, onwards2, zealous2, quicken2, forrard
- 8 letters
- previous3, advanced2, transfer2, assuming3, inclined2, dispatch2, anterior4, untimely3, expedite3, insolent3, despatch, flippant2, impudent, malapert
- 9 letters
- encourage3, premature3, intrusive3, audacious3, presuming3, obtrusive3, officious, frontward
- 10 letters
- accelerate4, precocious3, frontwards
- 11 letters
- progressive3, impertinent4
- 12 letters
- presumptuous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (early2 = 2 syllables).