forwards meaning and definition

FORWARDS adverb

Definition of forwards (adverb)

1. at or to or toward the front
   • "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)
   • synonyms: forrad, forrard, forward, frontward, frontwards
   • antonym: back
2. in a forward direction
   • "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"
   • synonyms: ahead, forrader, forward, onward, onwards