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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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