| Noun | 1. | forward - the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team | |
| 2. | forward - a position on a basketball teamposition - (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?" | |
| Verb | 1. | forward - send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail" | |
| Adj. | 1. | forward - at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"fore - situated at or toward the bow of a vessel progressive - favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools" backward - directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view" | |
| 2. | forward - moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events"advancing - moving ahead or toward the front; "advancing armies" | |
| 3. | forward - used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"bold - fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure" backward - (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover" | |
| 4. | forward - of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear"reverse - of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle; "in reverse gear" | |
| 5. | forward - moving forwardprogressive - favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools" | |
| 6. | forward - situated at or toward the front; "the fore cabins"; "the forward part of the ship"fore - situated at or toward the bow of a vessel | |
| 7. | forward - situated in the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"front - relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch" | |
| Adv. | 1. | forward - at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)dialect, idiom, accent - the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent" | |
| 2. | forward - forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" | |
| 3. | forward - toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you"backward, back - in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" | |
| 4. | forward - in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" | |
| 5. | forward - near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments" | |