- 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)
- 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"
- forward - the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
--1 is a kind of basketball player, basketeer, cager
--1 has particulars: Erving, Julius Erving, Julius Winfield Erving, Dr. J- forward - a position on a basketball team
--2 is a kind of position
--2 is a member of basketball team, five - forward - a position on a basketball team