Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to:

People

Forward (surname) Forward is a surname. People bearing it include: * Allen Forward (1921–1994), Welsh international rugby union player *Chauncey Forward (1793–1839), American politician *Jonathan Forward, (1680–1760), English merchant *Robert L. Forward (1932� ...

Sports

Forward (association football) Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

Forward (basketball) In the sport of basketball, there are five players play per team, each assigned to positions. Historically, these players have been assigned, to positions defined by the role they play on the court, from a strategic point of view. The three main ...

, including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Small forward * Forward (ice hockey) ** Power forward (ice hockey) * In rugby football: ** Forwards (rugby league), in rugby league football ** Forwards (rugby union), in rugby union football * Forward Sports, a Pakistan sportswear brand * BK Forward, a Swedish club for association football and bandy

Politics

* Avante (political party) (Portuguese for ''forward''), a political party in Brazil * Forward (Belgium), a political party in Belgium * Forward (Bosnia and Herzegovina), a political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Forward (Denmark), a political party in Denmark * Forward (Greenland), a political party in Greenland * Forward Party (United States), a centrist American political party * Kadima (Hebrew for ''forward''), a political party in Israel * La République En Marche! (sometimes translated as ''Forward!''), a political party in France * Socialist League Vpered ("Forward"), a political party in Russia

Geography

Canada

* Forward, Saskatchewan

United States

* Forward, Wisconsin * Forward Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania * Forward Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania

Books and publications

* ''Forward!'', a 1985 collection of short stories by Gordon R. Dickson * ''Forward: Stories of Tomorrow'', a 2019 collection of science fiction short stories by various authors * Forward Prizes for Poetry * ''The Forward'' ( yi, פֿאָרווערטס, links=no), a Jewish-American, Yiddish/English newspaper from New York * Forward (Scottish newspaper), ''Forward'' (Scottish newspaper), socialist weekly founded in 1906 * Forward (Sri Lanka), ''Forward'' (Sri Lanka), a defunct English-language Communist Party weekly newspaper * Forward (Syrian magazine), ''Forward'' (Syrian magazine), an English-language newsmagazine 2009–2011 * ("Forward!"), a publication of the Portuguese Communist Party * Avanti! (Italian newspaper), (Italian newspaper) ("Forward!"), a publication of the Italian Socialist Party * ("Forward"), a Communist Party USA Finnish-language newspaper in the United States * ("New Forward"), a Communist Hungarian-language newspaper in the United States * ("Forward"), a publication of the Social Democratic Party of Germany * ("Forward!"), a radical German-language paper published in Paris in 1844, covering art and culture * Vorwärts (Czechoslovak newspaper), (Czechoslovak newspaper) ("Forward!"), a newspaper of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

Mottos and slogans

*"Forward", List of U.S. state and territory mottos, Wisconsin state motto *"Forward", Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012, 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign slogan

Music

* Forward (The Abyssinians album), ''Forward'' (The Abyssinians album), 1982 * Forward (Ayla Brown album), ''Forward'' (Ayla Brown album) or the title song, 2006 * Forward (Flame album), ''Forward'' (Flame album), 2015 * Forward (Hoobastank album), ''Forward'' (Hoobastank album), 2000 * Forward (Turn album), ''Forward'' (Turn album) or the title song, 2003 * "Naprej, zastava slave" ("Forward, the Flag of Glory"), the former Slovene anthem, originally titled "Naprej" (Forward!) * "Forward" (song), by Beyoncé from Lemonade (album), Lemonade, 2016 * "Forward", a song by Band-Maid from ''Maid in Japan''

Other uses

* Email forwarding, a mechanism by which a mail server sends the emails of one of its users to another address. * Forward (aircraft), front part of an aircraft, spacecraft, or ship * Forward declaration in computer programming, is a partial declaration before it is completely defined * Forward converter, electronic circuit * Forward contract, a financial agreement to buy or sell an asset at a pre-agreed future point * Isuzu Forward, trucks made by Isuzu * Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development, a British charity * ''Forward'', a sculpture by Raymond Mason (sculptor), located in Birmingham before being destroyed by arson * ''Forward (statue), Forward'', a statue by Jean Pond Miner Coburn in Madison, Wisconsin