Synonyms of forwarding

forwarding 1 of 3

adjective

as in promoting

Related Words

• promoting
• nurturing
• fostering
• facilitating
• encouraging
• furthering
• assisting
• smoothing
• aiding
• easing
• abetting

Dissimilar Words

• preventive
• prophylactic
• precautionary
• preventative
• deterrent
• neutralizing
• deterring
• negating
• nullifying

forwarding

2 of 3

noun

as in assistance

Related Words

• assistance
• facilitation
• support
• furtherance
• encouragement
• assist
• advancement
• aid
• furthering
• backing
• promotion
• help
• helping hand
• lift
• patronage
• service
• advice
• sponsorship
• boost
• mentoring
• leg up
• nurturance
• guidance
• counsel
• benefaction
• hand
• care
• attention
• attendance
• abetment
• kindness
• favor
• beneficence
• relief
• charity
• hand-holding
• philanthropy
• succor
• assuagement
• palliation

Dissimilar Words

• interference
• obstruction
• inhibition
• constraint
• repression
• restraint
• hindrance
• frustration
• deterrence
• discouragement

forwarding

3 of 3

verb

present participle of forward

as in encouraging

to help the growth or development of

their foundation will help forward better relations between young people from those warring nations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promoting
• encouraging
• cultivating
• fostering
• advancing
• furthering
• nurturing
• assisting
• supporting
• advocating
• endorsing
• aiding
• incubating
• nourishing
• upholding
• funding
• backing
• subsidizing
• nursing
• underwriting
• financing
• advertising
• abetting
• championing
• working (for)
• patronizing
• publicizing
• boosting
• plugging
• staking
• endowing
• agitating (for)
• touting
• campaigning (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventing
• prohibiting
• hindering
• inhibiting
• discouraging
• forbidding
• banning
• opposing
• frustrating
• proscribing
• enjoining
• interdicting
• outlawing
• barring
• countering
• combating
• fighting
• contending (with)
• checking
• suppressing
• battling
• repressing
• retarding
• stifling
• halting
• squashing
• subduing
• interfering (with)
• arresting
• impeding
• obstructing
• squelching
• encumbering
• hobbling
• snuffing (out)
• fettering
• shackling
• manacling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of forwarding

Noun

The teaser opens with a young Jean Valjean enduring the brutal years of his imprisonment before fast-forwarding to his new life and the inevitable pursuit by Inspector Javert, played by Tahar Rahim. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026

With the collaboration, customers will be able to leverage DHL’s freight forwarding division’s freight booking, customs, warehousing and associated logistics services, and ship their cargo on Vela’s sailboats. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 22 June 2026

Netgear makes a web interface available for managing more complex operations, such as port forwarding, DHCP/static IP assignment, and DNS configuration. — Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026

In Bluetooth Classic’s True Wireless Stereo (TWS) devices, one earbud acts as the primary, receiving the stereo stream from the phone and relaying audio to the secondary earbud—a forwarding or relay architecture. — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2026

No, the Heat were not, are not, will not go down such a road again, not when roster continuity is so essential for seasons ahead, especially when one of those upcoming seasons will require the forwarding of a first-round pick to the Hornets. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026

Emails released in the latest tranche of Epstein documents released by the Justice Department appear to show Mountbatten-Windsor forwarding reports related to official visits and investment opportunities, including material involving Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore and Afghanistan. — Josh Meyer, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026

But Postal Service forwarding ends after a year. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026

Commenting, forwarding, debating, dissecting. — Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026

Verb

For emails relevant to your entire team, Basecamp provides an email forwarding feature. — Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026

The commission just fulfilled one of its primary duties, forwarding to Mayor Barbara Lee a shortlist of finalists to be considered for the job of the Oakland Police Department’s next permanent chief. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 24 June 2026

Check recent login activity, connected devices, forwarding rules and recovery options. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026

The scientists then estimated the amount of stress that had been built up by forwarding the simulation to the present day. — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026

Avoid forwarding sensitive files widely and use version control. — Bymike McIsaac Cpa, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026

She was found not guilty of forwarding an email that Republican County Board member Steve Balich, of Homer Glen, had sent to Ogalla. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026

Freight forwarding giant Kuehne+Nagel expects to lay off 2,000 full-time employees, a shade over 2 percent of its 85,000-employee staff, this year as part of its own $250 million cost-savings plan. — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 30 Mar. 2026

Facial recognition is a tool for investigations but cannot be used solely for forwarding a case to prosecutors for potential charges, Nielsen said. — April Baumgarten, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026