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REARWARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rearward mean?
• REARWARD (noun)
The noun REARWARD has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: REARWARD used as a noun is very rare.
• REARWARD (adjective)
The adjective REARWARD has 2 senses:
1. located in or toward the back or rear
2. directed or moving toward the rear
Familiarity information: REARWARD used as an adjective is rare.
• REARWARD (adverb)
The adverb REARWARD has 1 sense:
1. at or to or toward the back or rear
Familiarity information: REARWARD used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Direction toward the rear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Context example:
his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions
Hypernyms ("rearward" is a kind of...):
back end; backside; rear (the side of an object that is opposite its front)
Derivation:
rearward (located in or toward the back or rear)
rearward (directed or moving toward the rear)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Located in or toward the back or rear
Synonyms:
rear; rearward
Context example:
on the rearward side
Similar:
back (related to or located at the back)
Derivation:
rearward (direction toward the rear)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Directed or moving toward the rear
Synonyms:
rearward; reverse
Context example:
a rearward movement
Similar:
backward (directed or facing toward the back or rear)
Derivation:
rearward (direction toward the rear)
Sense 1
Meaning:
At or to or toward the back or rear
Synonyms:
back; backward; backwards; rearward; rearwards
Context example:
she looked rearward out the window of the car
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