forward

Synonyms

bold, familiar, free, immodest, overfamiliar, presuming, presumptuous;

Antonyms

modest, unassuming;

Near Antonyms

demure, down-to-earth, humble, lowly, meek, unassertive, unpretentious;

bashful, mousy (or mousey), retiring, shy, timid, timorous;

diffident, self-doubting;

Related Words

arrogant, bumptious, complacent, conceited, egoistic (also egoistical), egomaniacal, egotistic (or egotistical), highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-hat, hoity-toity, important, overweening, pompous, prideful, proud, self-asserting, self-assertive, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, uppity, vain, vainglorious;

cavalier, disdainful, haughty, lordly, pretentious, snobbish, stuck-up, supercilious, superior;

audacious, bold-faced, brash, brassbound, brassy, brazen, cheeky, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, overbold, pert, sassy, saucy;

confident, self-assured, self-confident, sure;

boastful, braggart, bragging;

domineering, high-handed, imperious;

Synonyms

ahead, along, forth, forwards, on, onward (also onwards);

Near Antonyms

back, backward (or backwards), behind, rearward (also rearwards);

Related Words

before, fore, frontward (or frontwards);

Synonyms

advance, cultivate, encourage, foster, further, incubate, nourish, nurse, nurture, promote;

Antonyms

discourage, frustrate, hinder, inhibit;

Near Antonyms

ban, bar, enjoin, forbid, interdict, outlaw, prevent, prohibit, proscribe;

repress, snuff (out), squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress;

arrest, check, halt, retard;

encumber, fetter, hobble, impede, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle;

Related Words

advocate, back, champion, endorse (also indorse), support, uphold;

endow, finance, fund, patronize, stake, subsidize, underwrite;

abet, aid, assist;

advertise, boost, plug, publicize, tout;

agitate (for), campaign (for), work (for);