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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Rearward has 1 sense
- rearward(n = noun.location) Array - direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions" is a kind of back end, backside, rear
Derived forms adjective rearward1, adjective rearward2
Adjective Rearward has 2 senses
- rearward(s = adj.all) rear - located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side" Derived form noun rearward1
- rearward(s = adj.all) reverse - directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement" Derived form noun rearward1
Adverbial Rearward has 1 sense
- rearward(r = adv.all) back, backward, backwards, rearwards - 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"
CIDE DICTIONARY
Rearward, n. [Rear + ward.].
The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively. Shak. [1913 Webster]
Rearward, a. & adv.
At or toward the rear. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Rearward, n., adj., & adv.
--n. rear, esp. in prepositional phrases (to the rearward of; in the rearward).
--adj. to the rear.
--adv. (also rearwards) towards the rear.
--n. rear, esp. in prepositional phrases (to the rearward of; in the rearward).
--adj. to the rear.
--adv. (also rearwards) towards the rear.
Etymology
AF rerewarde = REARGUARD
THESAURUS
Rearward
a rebours, a reculons, aft, after, aftermost, afterpart, afterpiece, against the grain, anticlockwise, arear, ass-backwards, astern, away, back, back door, back seat, back side, backward, backwards, behind, breech, counterclockwise, fro, heel, hind, hind end, hind part, hinder, hindermost, hindhand, hindhead, hindmost, hindward, hindwards, in reverse, occiput, posterior, posteriorly, postern, rear, rear end, rearmost, rearwards, retrad, retrograde, reverse, stern, tail, tail end, tailpiece, tailward, tailwards, to the rear, widdershinsROGET THESAURUS
Rearward
Rear
N rear, back, posteriority, rear rank, rear guard, background, hinterland, occiput, nape, chine, heels, tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut, breech, dorsum, loin, dorsal region, lumbar region, hind quarters, aitchbone, natch, natch bone, stern, poop, afterpart, heelpiece, crupper, wake, train, reverse, other side of the shield, back, rear, hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost, postern, posterior, dorsal, after, caudal, lumbar, mizzen, tergal, behind, in the rear, in the background, behind one's back, at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of, back to back, after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost, aback, rearward, ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio, the other side of the coin.
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