nnoun.personthe person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockeyHypernyms:basketball player basketeer cager
Inherited Hypernyms:forwardbasketball playerathletecontestantpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:forwardbasketball playerathletecontestantpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Instance Hyponyms:Dr. J Erving Julius Erving Julius Winfield Erving
nnoun.acta position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey teamMember Holonyms:basketball team five
Hypernyms:position
Inherited Hypernyms:forwardpositionroleactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.motionsend or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transitSynset:send on
Derivationally Related Form:forwarding
Hypernyms:send ship transport
Inherited Hypernyms:forwardtransportmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody something | Somebody ---s something to somebody | They --- the parcel to their parents (apply to: forward) | They --- them the parcel (apply to: forward)
adjadj.allat or near or directed toward the frontExamples:- the forward section of the aircraft
- a forward plunge down the stairs
- forward motion
Antonyms:backward
Inherited Hypernyms:forward
Similar to:full-face gardant guardant headfirst headlong
See also:fore progressive
adjadj.allused of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modestyExamples:- a forward child badly in need of discipline
Antonyms:backward
Derivationally Related Form:forwardness
Inherited Hypernyms:forward
Similar to:assuming assumptive presumptuous brash cheeky nervy bumptious self-assertive fresh impertinent impudent overbold sassy saucy smart wise overfamiliar
See also:bold
adjadj.allof the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicleAntonyms:reverse
Inherited Hypernyms:forward
adj satadj.allmoving forwardSynset:advancing forward-moving
Antonyms:regressive
Derivationally Related Form:forwardness
Inherited Hypernyms:advancing
Similar to:progressive
advadv.allat or to or toward the front; ('forrad' and 'forrard' are dialectal variations)Domain Usage:accentdialectidiom
Synset:forrad forrard forwards frontward frontwards
Examples:- he faced forward
- step forward
- she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine
Antonyms:backward
Inherited Hypernyms:forward
advadv.allforward in time or order or degreeSynset:forth onward
Examples:- from that time forth
- from the sixth century onward
Inherited Hypernyms:forth
advadv.alltoward the future; forward in timeSynset:ahead
Examples:- I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring
- I look forward to seeing you
Antonyms:backbackward
Inherited Hypernyms:ahead
advadv.allin a forward directionSynset:ahead forrader forwards onward onwards
Examples:- go ahead
- the train moved ahead slowly
- the boat lurched ahead
- moved onward into the forest
- they went slowly forward in the mud
Inherited Hypernyms:ahead