Words Ending -WARD

7- and 8-letter words ending with the suffix -WARD with definitions

39 total entries across 2 section(s)

7-Letter Words Ending with -WARD (16 entries)

FRONTWORDBACKDEFINITION
AIRWARD[b.] · toward the sky
AWKWARD[a. -WARDER, -WARDEST] · lacking skill, dexterity, or grace
BEDWARDS[b.] · toward bed / ----- { bedward bedwards }
FORWARDS[a. -WARDER°, -WARDEST] · being at or near a point in advance / ----- [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to help onward
FROWARD[a.] · disobedient «© neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts»
GODWARDS[b.] · toward God
HAYWARDS[n. -S] · an officer who tends cattle
LEEWARDS[n. -S] · the direction toward which the wind is blowing
MANWARDS[b.] · toward man / ----- { manward § manward manwards }
OUTWARDS[b.] · toward the outside / ----- { outward § outwards § outward outwards § outward § outward outwards }
SEAWARDS[n. -S] · the direction toward the open sea
SKYWARDS[b.] · toward the sky / ----- { skyward skywards § skyward skywards }
STEWARDS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to manage
SUNWARDS[b.] · toward the sun / ----- { sunward § sunward sunwards }
VANWARD[b.] · toward the front
WAYWARD[a.] · willful «bent on having one's own way»

8-Letter Words Ending with -WARD (23 entries)

FRONTWORDBACKDEFINITION
BACKWARDS[b.] · toward the back
BECOWARDS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to accuse of cowardice
CITYWARD[b.] · toward the city
DOWNWARDS[b.] · from a higher to a lower place / ----- { downward § adown downward }
EASTWARDS[n. -S] · a direction toward the east
GOALWARD[b.] · toward a goal «a point-scoring area»
HEADWARDS[b.] · toward the head
HELLWARD[b.] · toward hell «a place of great suffering»»
HOMEWARDS[b.] · toward home
LAKEWARDS[a.] · facing a lake / ----- { lakeward lakewards § lakeward lakewards }
LANDWARDS[b.] · toward the land
LEFTWARDS[b.] · toward the left
MISAWARDS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to award wrongly
MOONWARDS[b.] · toward the moon
POLEWARD[b.] · in the direction of either extremity of the earth's axis
REARWARDS[n. -S] · the rearmost division of an army / ----- { rearward rereward § rearwards rerewards § rearward rearwards § rearward rearwards }
REREWARDS[n. -S] · rearward «the rearmost division of an army» / ----- { rearward rereward § rearwards rerewards § rearward rearwards § rearward rearwards }
SELFWARDS[b.] · toward oneself
SIDEWARDS[b.] · toward one side / ----- { sideway § sideways § sideward sidewards sideway sideways § sideward sidewards sideway sideways sidewise }
TOWNWARD[b.] · toward the town
UNTOWARD[a.] · unruly «difficult to control»
WESTWARDS[n. -S] · a direction toward the west
WINDWARDS[n. -S] · the direction from which the wind blows

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