Back and Forwards

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Back

Back adverb - Toward the rear.
Usage example: staring back, the newly convicted felon vowed revenge
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Synonyms for Back
Antonyms for Back
Forwards is an antonym for back.
Nearby Words: backward, backing, backed, backside, backwards

Forwards

Forwards adverb - Toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time.
Usage example: for every step that her campaign takes forwards, it seems to take two backwards
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Synonyms for Forwards
Antonyms for Forwards
Back is an antonym for forwards in topics: first, time, brash, advancing.
Nearby Word: forward
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Both words in one sentence

  • However, he's only this way because he's learned that everyone in the world, stretching back and forwards through time, wants him dead. Why?
    Source: Jerkass Woobie / Video Games
  • Good Bad Bugs Some forums have bugs where a person's post can be shunted a few minutes (or even hours) back or forwards in time and end up appearing in the wrong place.
    Source: Good Bad Bugs
  • Synopsis: Left or right, forwards or back, there's always a choice.
    Source: Fanfic Recs / Naruto Shipping Fics
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Forwards and Back. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/forwards
Back & Forwards. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/forwards>.
Forwards or Back. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/forwards.

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