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Another word for forward

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Adjective

  1. Rude and disrespectful

    See also:

    courtesy

    attitude

  2. Ahead of current trends or customs

    See also:

    precede

Verb

  1. To cause (something) to be conveyed to a destination

    See also:

    move

  2. To cause to move forward or upward, as toward a goal

    See also:

    help

    forward

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Another word for forward

Modifier

  1. Going forward

    Antonyms:

  2. At a forward position

    See also:

    ahead

  3. Bold

    See also:

    rude

Verb

  1. To help advance

    See also:

    promote

  2. To send on

    See also:

    promote

    send

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • She stepped forward and pulled the newspaper down with one hand.

  • She stepped forward and hugged him.

  • They had to move forward, and leave the past behind them.

  • Alex leaned forward and placed his hands, fists down, on the desk.

  • I had looked forward to it for years.

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