frontward 1 of 2

variants or frontwards
as in front
being at or in the forward part or surface of something ship passengers in the frontward cabins were getting the worst of the rough seas

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frontward

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adverb

variants or frontwards

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frontward
Adjective
  • The front and back doors had been left wide open for an entire day, raising serious security concerns.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The exterior changes were minor, though, and mainly limited to the front fascia, which now featured thinner headlamps.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Disney has dealt with public scrutiny before, including animators going on strike in 1941 , the Southern Baptist boycott in the late 1990s or allowing Ellen DeGeneres to come out on her ABC show.
    Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike Boggs and Wade, whose subjects had commanded biographical and scholarly attention for decades, Richardson was breaking trail from the beginning, writing a life that had never been written before.
    Megan Marshall September 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • By comparison, the 2024 heat death report from just one county in Arizona is longer and includes more in-depth analyses of risk factors, contributing weather events and suggested pathways forward.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Another plot thread to look forward to is that of Schumacher’s Yancy Grey’s wife’s surprise arrival in Ransom Canyon in the Season 1 finale.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Frontward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frontward. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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