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onward

adverb
variants: also onwards

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of onward

ahead, forth, forward, on
Near Antonyms of onward

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 of onward

ahead, along, forth, forward, forwards, on
Words Related to onward

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

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

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