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adverb

Definition of ONWARD

1

toward a point ahead in space or time <we must continue to move onward, or we will die in this desert>

Synonyms ahead, forth, forward, on

Near Antonyms backward (or backwards)

2

toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time <work on the project has been continuing onward at a steady pace>

Synonyms ahead, forth, forward, forwards, on, onward (also onwards)

Related Words before, fore, frontward (or frontwards)

Near Antonyms back, backward (or backwards), behind, rearward (also rearwards)

Variants of ONWARD

onward also onwards