Forward and Gone

Forward

Forward adverb - Toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time.

Gone and forward are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gone" instead an adverb "Forward".

Gone

Gone adjective - No longer existing.

Forward and gone are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Forward" instead an adverb "Gone".

Nearby Words: go, goner, goneness

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Panzer Dragoon Flash forward centuries later, and everything has gone to pot: the Towers never completed the terraforming, instead spewing out hostile monsters constantly.
  • You can move right to move the screen forward, but anything passing the screen on the left is gone forever.
  • Synopsis: XANA is gone, but science moves forward, slowly discovering quantum technology.
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Gone and Forward. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/forward/gone
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Gone or Forward. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/forward/gone.
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