forward: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 14 letter points · starts with F · ends with D
Meaning of forward
adj
Situated toward or at the front of something.
Example: The fire was confined to the forward portion of the store.
Situated toward or at the front of something. Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
Example: The forward battalion took a hammering.
Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
Example: My forward vision is fine, but my peripheral vision is poor.
Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
Example: forward motion, forward thrust, forward momentum
Listed forms: forwarder, forwardmost, forwardest, foreward, forrard, forrad, forred.
Source: Wiktionary — forward.
adv
- not-comparable
At, near or towards the front of something.
Example: She was sitting well forward in the railway carriage.
- not-comparable
At, near or towards the front of something. At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
- not-comparable
In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
Example: I leant forward to get a better look.
- not-comparable
In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
Example: After spending an hour stuck in the mud, we could once again move forward.
Listed forms: foreward, forrard, forrad, forred.
Source: Wiktionary — forward.
verb
- transitive
To advance, promote.
Example: He did all he could to forward the interests of the school.
- transitive
To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.
Example: I'll be glad to forward your mail to you while you're gone.
- transitive
To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
- Caribbean, intransitive
To arrive, come.
Listed forms: forwards, forwarding, forwarded, foreward, forrard, forrad, forred.
Source: Wiktionary — forward.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for forward.
adjective
moving forward
- advancing
- forward-moving
adverb
at or to or toward the front; forward
- forwards
- frontward
- frontwards
- forrad
- forrard
adverb
forward in time or order or degree
adverb
toward the future; forward in time
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is forward in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of forward
F(4) + O(1) + R(1) + W(4) + A(1) + R(1) + D(2) = 14 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of forward
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from forward
43 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in forward. Showing up to 24, longest first.