Definitions for: Onward


[adv] in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"
[adv] forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
[adj] moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events"



Webster (1913) Definition: On"ward, a.
1. Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a
contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward
course, progress, etc.

2. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.

Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward
the fruits were of his friend's labor. --Sir P.
Sidney.


On"ward, adv.
Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively;
as, to move onward.

Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. --Pope.

Synonyms: advancing, ahead, forrader, forth, forward, forward, forwards, onwards

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