7- and 8-letter words ending with the suffix -WARD with definitions
39 total entries across 2 section(s)
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | AIRWARD | — | [b.] · toward the sky |
| — | AWKWARD | — | [a. -WARDER, -WARDEST] · lacking skill, dexterity, or grace |
| — | BEDWARD | S | [b.] · toward bed / ----- { bedward bedwards } |
| — | FORWARD | S | [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» |
| — | GODWARD | S | [b.] · toward God |
| — | HAYWARD | S | [n. -S] · an officer who tends cattle |
| — | LEEWARD | S | [n. -S] · the direction toward which the wind is blowing |
| — | MANWARD | S | [b.] · toward man / ----- { manward § manward manwards } |
| — | OUTWARD | S | [b.] · toward the outside / ----- { outward § outwards § outward outwards § outward § outward outwards } |
| — | SEAWARD | S | [n. -S] · the direction toward the open sea |
| — | SKYWARD | S | [b.] · toward the sky / ----- { skyward skywards § skyward skywards } |
| — | STEWARD | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to manage |
| — | SUNWARD | S | [b.] · toward the sun / ----- { sunward § sunward sunwards } |
| — | VANWARD | — | [b.] · toward the front |
| — | WAYWARD | — | [a.] · willful «bent on having one's own way» |
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | BACKWARD | S | [b.] · toward the back |
| — | BECOWARD | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to accuse of cowardice |
| — | CITYWARD | — | [b.] · toward the city |
| — | DOWNWARD | S | [b.] · from a higher to a lower place / ----- { downward § adown downward } |
| — | EASTWARD | S | [n. -S] · a direction toward the east |
| — | GOALWARD | — | [b.] · toward a goal «a point-scoring area» |
| — | HEADWARD | S | [b.] · toward the head |
| — | HELLWARD | — | [b.] · toward hell «a place of great suffering»» |
| — | HOMEWARD | S | [b.] · toward home |
| — | LAKEWARD | S | [a.] · facing a lake / ----- { lakeward lakewards § lakeward lakewards } |
| — | LANDWARD | S | [b.] · toward the land |
| — | LEFTWARD | S | [b.] · toward the left |
| — | MISAWARD | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to award wrongly |
| — | MOONWARD | S | [b.] · toward the moon |
| — | POLEWARD | — | [b.] · in the direction of either extremity of the earth's axis |
| — | REARWARD | S | [n. -S] · the rearmost division of an army / ----- { rearward rereward § rearwards rerewards § rearward rearwards § rearward rearwards } |
| — | REREWARD | S | [n. -S] · rearward «the rearmost division of an army» / ----- { rearward rereward § rearwards rerewards § rearward rearwards § rearward rearwards } |
| — | SELFWARD | S | [b.] · toward oneself |
| — | SIDEWARD | S | [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» |
| — | WESTWARD | S | [n. -S] · a direction toward the west |
| — | WINDWARD | S | [n. -S] · the direction from which the wind blows |
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