'Rearward' definitions:
Definition of 'rearward'
From: WordNet
adverb
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" [syn: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards] [ant: forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards]
adjective
Located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side" [syn: rear(a), rearward(a)]
adjective
Directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement" [syn: rearward, reverse]
noun
Direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"
Definition of 'Rearward'
From: GCIDE
- Rearward \Rear"ward\ (-w[~e]rd), a. & adv. At or toward the rear. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rearward'
From: GCIDE
- Rearward \Rear"ward`\ (r[=e]r"w[add]rd`-w[~e]rd), n. [Rear + ward.] The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rearward'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- widdershins