rearward

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of REARWARD

toward the rear <turned rearward for a moment, just for one final look at the haunting scene>

Synonyms back, rearward (also rearwards)

Related Words astern, sternforemost; anticlockwise [chiefly British], counterclockwise, left-handed, left-handedly, retrograde, reversely, widdershins (also withershins)

Near Antonyms before

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

rearward also rearwards

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