Meanings
adverbstarward (not comparable)
- not comparableToward the stars.
adjectivestarward (not comparable)
- not comparableLeading or pointing toward the stars.
Its white steeple is then truly a starward-pointing finger;
1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Sorrows of Teufelsdrockh”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 1041 more example
They were still indoors in the old-fashioned way, but the view. . . . They were on the starward side of the arc.
1992, Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep, 1st edition, New York: Tor, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 212Synonyms: starbound
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveLeading or pointing toward the stars.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂stḗr
- Proto-Germanic*sternǭ
- Proto-West Germanic*sternō
- Proto-West Germanic*sterrō
- Old Englishsteorra
- Middle Englishsterre
- Englishstar
- Proto-Indo-European*wert-
- Proto-Germanic*wardaz
- Englishstarward
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APA
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“starward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/starward. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “starward,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/starward.
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