Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. rearward(adj)

   direction toward the rear

   "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"

   Antonyms:
   forward, front(a)

2. rear(a), rearward(a)(adj)

   located in or toward the back or rear

   "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side"

   Antonyms:
   front(a), forward

3. rearward, reverse(adverb)

   directed or moving toward the rear

   "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"

   Synonyms:
   rearward(a), rearward, inverse, reverse, rear(a)

   Antonyms:
   front(a), forward

4. back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards(adverb)

   at or to or toward the back or rear

   "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"

   Synonyms:
   backwards, rearwards, back, backward, rearward

   Antonyms:
   front(a), forward

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. rearward(ad.)

   Synonyms:
   behind, abaft, astern, aft

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

List of paraphrases:

backward, rear, back, backwards, aft, rearward-facing, astern, posteriorly

Words popularity by usage frequency

Images & Illustrations of rearward