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fwd

fwd is the abbreviation of forward.

Meaning of forward

Adjective

forward (comparative further forward or farther forward or more forward or forwarder, superlative furthest forward or farthest forward or most forward or forwardmost or forwardest)

  1. Situated toward or at the front of something.
    • The fire was confined to the forward portion of the store.
    1. (guns etc.) Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
      • The forward battalion took a hammering.
  2. Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
    • My forward vision is fine, but my peripheral vision is poor.
  3. Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
    • forward motion, forward thrust, forward momentum
  4. (figuratively) Moving in the desired direction of progress.
    • This is an important forward step for the country.
  5. Having the usual order or sequence.
    • The front of the fire engine has backward writing, that can be read in a mirror, as well as forward writing.

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Noun capitalized: FWD

FWD (countable and uncountable, plural FWDs)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of forward.
    Antonyms:
    RWD
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of front-wheel drive.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of four-wheel drive.

Proper noun capitalized: FWD

FWD

  1. (US, abbreviation) Abbreviation of Forward.

Antonyms of fwd

Forms of fwd

Noun
pluralfwds
pluralFWDs
Verb
third-person singular presentfwds
present participlefwding
past participlefwded
pastfwded

Questions about fwd

What is fwd the abbreviation of?
Fwd is the abbreviation of forward.
What part of speech is fwd?
Fwd can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of fwd?
The plural of fwd is fwds.

Words near fwd in the dictionary

  1. fw heavy
  2. FWA
  3. fwb
  4. fwbs
  5. FWC
  6. fwd
  7. fwdd
  8. fwded
  9. fwding
  10. fwds
  11. FWE

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fwd (page history and authors); FWD (page history and authors); forward (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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