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1. a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | position, |
| definition | : | (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player (noun.act) |
| member meronym | : | basketball team, five, |
| definition | : | a team that plays basketball (noun.group) |
2. the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | basketball player, basketeer, cager, |
| definition | : | an athlete who plays basketball (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | dr. j, erving, julius erving, julius winfield erving, |
| definition | : | United States basketball forward (born in 1950) (noun.person) |
3. send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit (verb.motion)
4. at or near or directed toward the front (adj.all)
| also | : | fore, |
| definition | : | situated at or toward the bow of a vessel (adj.all) |
| also | : | progressive, |
| definition | : | favoring or promoting progress (adj.all) |
5. used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty (adj.all)
| similar | : | bumptious, self-assertive, |
| definition | : | offensively self-assertive (adj.all) |
| similar | : | overfamiliar, |
| definition | : | taking undue liberties (adj.all) |
| similar | : | assuming, assumptive, presumptuous, |
| definition | : | excessively forward (adj.all) |
| also | : | bold, |
| definition | : | fearless and daring (adj.all) |
6. moving forward (adj.all)
| similar | : | progressive, |
| definition | : | favoring or promoting progress (adj.all) |
7. at or to or toward the front (adv.all)
8. send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | forwarding, |
| definition | : | the act of sending on to another destination (noun.act) |
9. at or near or directed toward the front (adj.all)
| antonym | : | backward, |
| definition | : | directed or facing toward the back or rear (adj.all) |
10. of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle (adj.all)
| antonym | : | reverse, |
| definition | : | of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle (adj.all) |
11. used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty (adj.all)
| antonym | : | backward, |
| definition | : | (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | bumptiousness, cockiness, forwardness, pushiness, |
| definition | : | offensive boldness and assertiveness (noun.attribute) |
12. moving forward (adj.all)
| derivation | : | forwardness, |
| definition | : | an advanced stage (noun.attribute) |
13. at or to or toward the front (adv.all)
14. toward the future; forward in time (adv.all)
15. near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane (adv.all)
16. send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | forwarding, |
| definition | : | the act of sending on to another destination (noun.act) |
17. at or near or directed toward the front (adj.all)
| antonym | : | backward, |
| definition | : | directed or facing toward the back or rear (adj.all) |
18. of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle (adj.all)
| antonym | : | reverse, |
| definition | : | of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle (adj.all) |
19. used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty (adj.all)
| antonym | : | backward, |
| definition | : | (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | bumptiousness, cockiness, forwardness, pushiness, |
| definition | : | offensive boldness and assertiveness (noun.attribute) |
20. moving forward (adj.all)
| derivation | : | forwardness, |
| definition | : | an advanced stage (noun.attribute) |
21. at or to or toward the front (adv.all)
22. toward the future; forward in time (adv.all)
23. near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane (adv.all)
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