forward

nouns

the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
forward
is a type of (narrower)
an athlete who plays basketball
basketball player, basketeer, cager
a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
forward
is a member of
a team that plays basketball
basketball team, five
is a type of (narrower)
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
"what position does he play?"
position

verbs

send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
"forward my mail"
forward, send on
is derived from
forwarding

adjectives

at or near or directed toward the front
"the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"
forward
antonym
backward
is similar to
looking forward
full-face, gardant, guardant
is similar to
with the head foremost
"a headfirst plunge down the stairs"; "a headlong dive into the pool"
headfirst, headlong
see also
situated at or toward the bow of a vessel
fore
see also
favoring or promoting progress
"progressive schools"
progressive
used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
"a forward child badly in need of discipline"
forward
is derived from
forwardness
antonym
backward
is similar to
offensively bold
"a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"
brash, cheeky, nervy
is similar to
offensively self-assertive
bumptious, self-assertive
is similar to
taking undue liberties
"young women disliked the overfamiliar tone he took with them"
overfamiliar
is similar to
improperly forward or bold
"don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"
fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise
is similar to
excessively forward
"an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"
assuming, assumptive, presumptuous
see also
fearless and daring
"bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"
bold
of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
"in a forward gear"
forward
antonym
reverse
moving forward
advancing, forward, forward-moving
is derived from
forwardness

adverbs

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)
forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards
antonym
backward
forward in time or order or degree
"from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
forth, forward, onward
toward the future; forward in time
"I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you"
ahead, forward
antonym
backward
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"
ahead, forrader, forward, forwards, onward, onwards
near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
"the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
fore, forward