dead ahead
fore-
in advance
advance
advanced
down
forrard
frontward
forward
forrad
frontwards
frontally
forwards
leading
forrit
midward
forrards
forrads
forewalk
frontways
egressive
vaward
seek
urge
arear
headway
forthdrawing
foremost
forred
bookend
precede
rearward
inrushing
reverse
in front
in advance of
bound
before
ahead
vanward
behind
anteriorly
antero-
foreposition
forthcoming
after
follow one's nose
forelead
propendent
retro-
amend
remediate
assumptive
repair
straightforward
rectify
up
rightwards
en face
onward
antevenient
remedy
upfront
southeastward
inbound
inward
collateral
acroscopic
backwards
edgewise
rectiradiate
following
rearwards
amidship
onwards
adjacent
forrader
head
against
back
backward
edgeways
endward
in advance
advance
advanced
leading
egressive
vaward
forrard
forred
rearward
inrushing
reverse
bound
vanward
forward
forthcoming
propendent
assumptive
straightforward
up
en face
antevenient
upfront
southeastward
inbound
inward
collateral
acroscopic
frontward
rectiradiate
following
rearwards
adjacent
head
backward
frontwards
back
dead ahead
down
forrard
frontward
forward
forrad
frontwards
frontally
forwards
forrit
midward
forrards
forrads
frontways
arear
foremost
forred
in front
before
ahead
behind
anteriorly
after
rightwards
onward
rearward
backwards
edgewise
rearwards
amidship
onwards
forrader
back
backward
edgeways
endward
vanward
headway
forthdrawing
foreposition
forewalk
seek
urge
bookend
precede
follow one's nose
forelead
amend
remediate
repair
rectify
remedy
foreposition
head
adj
verb
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- increase or raise
- contribute to the progress or growth of
- cause to move forward
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- develop in a positive way
- develop further
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- pay in advance
- move forward
- rise in rate or price
noun
adj
- situated ahead or going before
- farther along in physical or mental development
- comparatively late in a course of development
- ahead of the times
- at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
- ahead in development; complex or intricate
- far along in time
- (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
adv
- Forward, straight ahead.
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- From less to greater detail.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- As a down payment.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- Get down.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
adj
- Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- Sick or ill.
- Negative about; hostile to.
- Comfortable with, accepting of.
- Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- Facing downwards.
- Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- Out.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
noun
- The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- Down payment.
- A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland
- A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
verb
- To disparage; to put down.
- To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- To lower; to put (something) down.
- To defeat; to overpower.
- To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
prep
adv
- at or to or toward the front; forward
- in a forward direction
- forward in time or order or degree
- toward the future; forward in time
- near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
adj
- at or near or directed toward the front
- used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
- of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
noun
- the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
- a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
verb
adj
adv
adv
verb
- To press onward or forward.
- To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
- To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
- To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
- To provoke; to exasperate.
- To press hard upon; to follow closely.
noun
noun
- Movement ahead or forward.
- The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route.
- Forward motion, or its rate.
- A cross-heading.
- The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom.
- Progress toward a goal.
adj
verb
- change to the contrary
- turn inside out or upside down
- rule against
- cancel officially
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
adj
noun
- a relation of direct opposition
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- turning in the opposite direction
prep
adj
- Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
- That cannot stand alone as a free word.
- Very likely (to), certain to
- Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.
- Obliged (to).
- Constrained by a quantifier.
- Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.
noun
- A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
- A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
- A sizeable jump, great leap.
- A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
verb
prefix
adj
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Traveling towards a major terminus.
- At university (especially Oxford or Cambridge).
- Aloft.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Functional; working.
- Raised; lifted.
- Above the horizon, in the sky.
- well-known; renowned
- Awake and out of bed.
- Willing; ready.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Finished, to an end
- On or at a physically higher level.
- Chilled and served without ice.
- Erect.
- Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Facing upwards.
- Well-informed; current.
- In a good mood.
- Built, constructed.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- Riding the horse; mounted.
- Standing; upright.
- Next in a sequence.
verb
- To upload.
- To physically raise or lift.
- To increase the level or amount of.
- To promote.
- To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
noun
- The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
- An up quark.
- An upstairs room of a two story house.
- A positive thing, or a time or situation when things are going well.
prep
- From south to north of.
- At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- Of a man: having sex with.
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
- Toward the top of.
adv
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- To or from one's possession or consideration.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
- Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- In a positive vertical direction.
- North.
- Against the wind or current.
- To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- Without additional ice.
- Relatively close to the batsman.
adj
adv
noun
verb
adj
- Coming or directed along the side.
- Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
- Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
- Acting in an indirect way.
- Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
- Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
- Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
- Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
- Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.
noun
- Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
- A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
- A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
- A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
adj
- Coming from in front.
- Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
- Placed at the top or the front.
- Foremost in rank or importance.
verb
- To go in front of.
- To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- To form a head.
- To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
- To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- To move in a specified direction.
- To check or restrain.
- To remove the head from a fish.
- To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- To set on the head.
noun
- A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- The uppermost part of a valley.
- The antlers of a deer.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- The headstock of a guitar.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- The top edge of a sail.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The toilet of a ship.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- Headway; progress.
- Mind; one's own thoughts.
- Topic; subject.
- The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- The glans penis.
- The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- A headmaster or headmistress.
- Denouement; crisis.
- The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- Leader; chief; mastermind.
- Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- An individual person.
- The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- The bow of a vessel.
- A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- The population of game.
- The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- A single animal.
- The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- A headland.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
prep
- In front of; before (a background).
- In contrast or comparison with.
- In a contrary direction to.
- In competition with, versus.
- Close to, alongside.
- In opposition to.
- In physical opposition to; in collision with.
- As protection from.
- Contrary to; in conflict with.
- In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
- In exchange for.
- To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
- As counterbalance to.
- In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
- Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
- As a charge on.
adv
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in or to or toward a former location
- in or to or toward an original condition
- in or to or toward a past time
- in reply
- in repayment or retaliation
verb
- be behind; approve of
- travel backward
- give support or one's approval to
- cause to travel backward
- support financial backing for
- be in back of
- place a bet on
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- establish as valid or genuine
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
adj
noun
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
adj
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