frontwards

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adjective

Oriented towards the front.

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forwardforwardsfrontwardforradforrard
OriginEnglish front ← Middle English frount ← Old French front →
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Meanings

adjectivefrontwards (comparative more frontwards, superlative most frontwards)

comparative more frontwards · superlative most frontwards

  1. Oriented towards the front.

    He leaned back in the pew and twisted his hat to the frontwards position.

    2005, Christopher J. Dwyer, Shape The Black Sky
adverbfrontwards (comparative more frontwards, superlative most frontwards)

comparative more frontwards · superlative most frontwards

  1. Towards the front.

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbat or to or toward the front; forward

Similar
forwardforwardsfrontwardforradforrard
Also see
forradforrardforwardforwardsfrontward

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinfrontem
  2. Old Frenchfront
  3. Middle Englishfrount
  4. Englishfront
  5. Englishfrontwards

From front + -wards.

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Cite this entry
APA

frontwards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontwards

MLA

“frontwards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontwards. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frontwards,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontwards.

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