goalward

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adverb

Toward a goal; toward the goal.

OriginProto-Germanic *wardaz ← Proto-Indo-European *wert- ← English goal →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adverbgoalward (comparative more goalward, superlative most goalward)

comparative more goalward · superlative most goalward

  1. Toward a goal; toward the goal.
adjectivegoalward (comparative more goalward, superlative most goalward)

comparative more goalward · superlative most goalward

  1. Moving toward a goal, or which affects movement theretoward.
  2. Somehow abstractly associated with a goal.

Origin

  1. Englishgoal
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  3. Proto-Germanic*wardaz
  4. Englishgoalward

From goal + -ward.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

gaolward
Cite this entry
APA

goalward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalward

MLA

“goalward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalward. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goalward,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalward.

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