Movement
Synonyms for onward
The synonym for onward recorded in this bank is forward, in the sense "continuing to move forward in space or time". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for onward
- forwardadverb, in the sense "continuing to move forward in space or time"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for onward.
continuing to move forward in space or time
The explorers pressed onward despite the worsening storm.
The true synonym
forward
Same sentence, swapped: The explorers pressed forward despite the worsening storm.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- outward
- upward
- homeward
Where onward turns up in the game
onward is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play onward
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so onward reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from movement at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. onward carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.