Ahead Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-hĕd
Going forward
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. advancing
  2. progressing
  3. onward
  4. leading
Toward the future; forward in time
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. forward
  2. forwards
  3. onward
  4. onwards
  5. foresightedly
  6. forrader
  7. precociously
Antonyms:
  1. back
Leading or ahead in a competition
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. out-front
  2. in-the-lead
To the fore
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. in-the-lead
  2. leading
  3. before
  4. earlier than
  5. in-advance
  6. ahead-of
  7. advanced
  8. preceding
  9. precedent
  10. antecedent
  11. foremost
  12. at the head of
  13. in the foreground
  14. in lee of
  15. to-the-fore
  16. in the van
  17. first
  18. in-front-of
  19. a jump ahead of
  20. in the front line
  21. winning
  22. victorious
  23. before one's path
  24. in the direct line of one's course
  25. triumphant
  26. preliminary
  27. advance
  28. prosper
  29. progress
  30. outdo
  31. excel
  32. subordinate
Antonyms:
  1. behind
  2. back
  3. toward the end
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. avant-garde
  2. avant-gardism
  3. vanguard
  4. vanguardism

Words Related to Ahead

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. time
  2. out in front
  3. back-out
  4. at the start

Ahead Sentence Examples

  • I'm ahead of them!

  • Go ahead and take a seat while I set another place.

  • Yancey walked ahead of her.

  • Darkyn was always too far ahead of her, twisting her into knots to keep her in place.

  • A red brick municipal building stood at the far end of the street ahead of us.

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