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forward
Overview of noun forward
The noun forward has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. forward -- (the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team)
2. forward -- (a position on a basketball team)
Overview of verb forward
The verb forward has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) forward, send on -- (send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail")
Overview of adj forward
The adj forward has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (8) forward -- (at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion")
2. (1) forward, onward -- (moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events")
3. forward -- (used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline")
4. forward -- (of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear")
5. advancing, forward, forward-moving -- (moving forward)
Overview of adv forward
The adv forward has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (53) forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard -- (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))
2. (5) forth, forward, onward -- (forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward")
3. (3) ahead, forward -- (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")
4. (3) ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader -- (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")
5. fore, forward -- (near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun forward
2 senses of forward
Sense 1
forward
=> basketball player, basketeer, cager
=> athlete, jock
=> contestant
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
forward
=> position
=> role
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun forward
1 of 2 senses of forward
Sense 1
forward
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Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun forward
2 senses of forward
Sense 1
forward
=> basketball player, basketeer, cager
Sense 2
forward
=> position
Antonyms of noun forward
Member Holonyms of noun forward
1 of 2 senses of forward
Sense 2
forward
MEMBER OF: basketball team, five
Substance Holonyms of noun forward
Part Holonyms of noun forward
Member Meronyms of noun forward
Substance Meronyms of noun forward
Part Meronyms of noun forward
Meronyms of noun forward
Holonyms of noun forward
1 of 2 senses of forward
Sense 2
forward
MEMBER OF: basketball team, five
Attributes of noun forward
Derived Forms of noun forward
Domain of noun forward
Domain Terms of noun forward
Familiarity of noun forward
forward used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun forward
2 senses of forward
Sense 1
forward
> basketball player, basketeer, cager
=> center
=> dribbler
=> dunker
=> forward
=> guard
Sense 2
forward
> position
=> goalkeeper, goalie, goaltender, netkeeper
=> pitcher, mound
=> catcher
=> first base, first
=> second base, second
=> shortstop, short
=> third base, third
=> left field, leftfield
=> center field, centerfield
=> right field, rightfield
=> forward
=> center
=> guard
=> back
=> lineman
=> mid-off
=> mid-on
=> center
=> cleanup, cleanup position, cleanup spot
Meronyms of noun forward
2 senses of forward
Sense 1
forward
=> basketball player, basketeer, cager
=> athlete, jock
=> contestant
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun forward
1 of 2 senses of forward
Sense 2
forward
MEMBER OF: basketball team, five
MEMBER OF: basketball league
Grep of noun forward
carry-forward
flash-forward
forward
forward market
forward motion
forward pass
forward passer
forwarding
forwardness
Antonyms of verb forward
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb forward
1 sense of forward
Sense 1
forward, send on
=> transport, send, ship
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb forward
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb forward
1 sense of forward
Sense 1
forward, send on
=> transport, send, ship
'Cause To' of verb forward
Derived Forms of verb forward
1 sense of forward
Sense 1
forward, send on
RELATED TO>(noun) forwarding#1
=> forwarding
Domain of verb forward
Domain Terms of verb forward
Familiarity of verb forward
forward used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb forward
1 sense of forward
Sense 1
forward, send on
EX: They forward the parcel to their parents
EX: They forward them the parcel
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb forward
1 sense of forward
Sense 1
forward, send on
> transport, send, ship
=> barge
=> railroad
=> dispatch, despatch, send off
=> forward, send on
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb forward
Sense 1
forward, send on
=> transport, send, ship
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Grep of verb forward
bring forward
carry forward
come forward
forward
go forward
hunch forward
look forward
push forward
put forward
step forward
Antonyms of adj forward
5 senses of forward
Sense 1
forward (vs. backward)
backward (vs. forward)
=> backswept, sweptback
=> cacuminal, retroflex
=> converse, reversed, transposed
=> inverse, reverse
=> rearward, reverse
=> receding(prenominal)
=> reflexive, self-referent
=> regardant(postnominal)
=> retracted
=> retral, retrograde
=> retroflex, retroflexed
=> returning(prenominal), reversive
Sense 2
forward, onward
INDIRECT (VIA advancing) -> retreating
Sense 3
forward (vs. backward)
backward (vs. forward)
=> bashful, blate
Sense 4
forward (vs. reverse)
reverse (vs. forward)
Sense 5
advancing, forward, forward-moving
INDIRECT (VIA progressive) -> regressive
Similarity of adj forward
5 senses of forward
Sense 1
forward (vs. backward)
=> guardant(postnominal), gardant(postnominal), full-face
=> headfirst, headlong
Also See> fore#1; progressive#1
Sense 2
forward, onward
=> advancing (vs. retreating)
Sense 3
forward (vs. backward)
=> brash, cheeky, nervy
=> bumptious, self-assertive
=> overfamiliar
=> fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise
=> assumptive, assuming, presumptuous
Also See> bold#1
Sense 4
forward (vs. reverse)
=> first, low
=> second
Sense 5
advancing, forward, forward-moving
=> progressive (vs. regressive)
Pertainyms of adj forward
Attributes of adj forward
Domain of adj forward
Domain Terms of adj forward
Familiarity of adj forward
forward used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj forward
forward
forward-looking
forward-moving
straightforward
Antonyms of adv forward
2 of 5 senses of forward
Sense 1
forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard
Antonym of backward (Sense 1)
=>back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards
Sense 3
ahead, forward
Antonym of backward (Sense 3)
=>back, backward
Synonyms of adv forward
5 senses of forward
Sense 1
forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard
Sense 2
forth, forward, onward
Sense 3
ahead, forward
Sense 4
ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader
Sense 5
fore, forward
Pertainyms of adv forward
Domain of adv forward
1 of 5 senses of forward
Sense 1
forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard
USAGE>(noun) dialect#1, idiom#2, accent#3
Domain Terms of adv forward
Familiarity of adv forward
forward used as an adverb is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adv forward
backward and forward
forward
forwards
henceforward
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