Rhyme Dictionary
Rhymes with “Forward”
/ˈfoːwəd/
One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Forward"
16 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "forward" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| straightforward | 3 | Easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty. | |
| shoreward | 2 | noun | Toward the shore. |
| carryforward | 4 | noun | (accounting, taxation) An income tax loss or credit not usable in the current year that can be applied to offset income or taxes paid, respectively, in subsequent tax years. |
| norward | 2 | noun | Archaic form of northward. [The direction or area lying to the north of a place.] |
| before word | 3 | — | |
| core word | 2 | — | |
| dorward | 2 | noun | A surname from Old English. |
| explore word | 3 | — | |
| for word | 2 | — | |
| fore word | 2 | — | |
| ignore word | 3 | — | |
| more word | 2 | — | |
| nor word | 2 | — | |
| or word | 2 | — | |
| store word | 2 | — | |
| your word | 2 | — |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Forward"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| order | 2 | noun | (countable) A command. |
| awkward | 2 | noun | Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction. |
| border | 2 | noun | The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions. |
| ordered | 2 | In order, not messy, tidy. | |
| quarter | 2 | noun | A fourth part of something. |
| corner | 2 | noun | The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal. |
| former | 2 | noun | Previous. |
| wandered | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood. |
| disorder | 3 | noun | Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner. |
| bothered | 2 | Annoyed; irritated. | |
| tortured | 2 | Having been subjected to torture, mental or physical. | |
| foreword | 2 | noun | An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced). |
| orchard | 2 | noun | A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees. |
| honored | 2 | US standard spelling of honoured. [(British spelling) Respected, having received honour.] | |
| quarters | 2 | noun | (by extension) The place where someone or something lives. |
| mortar | 2 | noun | (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks. |
| altered | 2 | noun | Having been changed from an original form. |
| horror | 2 | noun | (countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance. |
| orders | 2 | noun | A surname |
| forrard | 2 | (dialectal, chiefly nautical) Forward. | |
| recorder | 3 | noun | (music) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute. |
| transporter | 3 | noun | One who, or that which transports. |
| cornered | 2 | (figuratively) Of a person or animal, forced into a difficult or inescapable situation. | |
| borders | 2 | noun | Scottish Borders |
| stormer | 2 | noun | Someone who storms. |
| onward | 2 | verb | (not comparable) Moving forward. |
| slaughtered | 2 | (informal) Extremely drunk. | |
| offered | 2 | verb | (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest. |
| shorter | 2 | noun | (colloquial) A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling. |
| forwards | 2 | Synonym of forward in most senses. | |
| watered | 2 | Supplied with water. | |
| bordered | 2 | having a border | |
| boarder | 2 | noun | A pupil who lives at school during term time. |
| warmer | 2 | noun | A piece of clothing for warmth via insulation of body heat. |
| onwards | 2 | Onward. | |
| quartered | 2 | verb | (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four. |
| corners | 2 | a Children's BBC children's television series of the 1980s. | |
| horrors | 2 | noun | (countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance. |
| mortared | 2 | verb | (transitive) To use mortar or plaster to join two things together. |
| crawford | 2 | noun | An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English derived from several different place names. |
| explorer | 3 | noun | A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information. |
| forquer | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| horter | 2 | noun | — |
| norgard | 2 | noun | A surname from Danish. |
| northward | 2 | noun | Situated or directed towards the north; moving or facing towards the north. |
| norwood | 2 | noun | A habitational surname from toponymy. |
| orford | 2 | noun | A number of places: |
| porter | 2 | noun | A person who carries luggage and related objects. |
| scorer | 2 | noun | One who scores. |
| storer | 2 | noun | One who lays up or forms a store. |
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