sternward

sternward

adverb

Definition of STERNWARD

near, toward, or in the stern of a ship or the tail of an aircraft <a flight attendant hurried sternward to attend to the disturbance>

Synonyms abaft, astern, sternward (or sternwards)

Related Words after, back, backward (or backwards), behind, posteriorly, rearward (also rearwards)

Near Antonyms anteriorly; ahead, before

Antonyms fore, forward

Variants of STERNWARD

sternward or sternwards