Adjective onward has 1 sense
  1. forward, onward - moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events"
    Antonym: retreating (indirect, via advancing)
,Adverbial onward has 2 senses
  1. forth, forward, onward - forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
  2. 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"
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