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forwards

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of forwards

toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time
  • For every step that her campaign takes forwards, it seems to take two backwards.
Synonyms of forwards

ahead, along, forth, forward, on, onward (also onwards)
Words Related to forwards

before, fore, frontward (or frontwards)
Near Antonyms of forwards

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

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