onward

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ONWARD

toward a point ahead in space or time <we must continue to move onward, or we will die in this desert>

Synonyms ahead, forth, forward, on

Near Antonyms backward (or backwards)

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 ahead, forth, forward, forwards, on, onward (also onwards)

Related Words before, fore, frontward (or frontwards)

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

onward also onwards

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