Synonyms of the word fore


FOREBOW - FOREMOST - FORWARD - FRONT - PROW - STEM

fore

  • adj. (obsolete) Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous.
  • adj. Forward; situated towards the front (of something).
  • interj. (golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.
  • n. The front; the forward part of something; the foreground.
  • adv. In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
  • adv. (obsolete) Formerly; previously; afore.
  • adv. (nautical) In or towards the bows of a ship.
  • v. simple past tense of fare.

bow

  • n. A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string,…
  • n. A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
  • n. A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various…
  • n. A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the…
  • n. A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and…
  • n. Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
  • n. The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
  • n. Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating…
  • n. (nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
  • n. (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
  • n. The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
  • v. To play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow.
  • v. (intransitive) To become bent or curved.
  • v. (transitive) To make something bend or curve.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively;…
  • v. (intransitive) To premiere.
  • v. (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
  • v. (transitive and intransitive) To debut.
  • v. (intransitive) To defer (to something).
  • n. A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence.
  • n. (nautical) The front of a boat or ship.

foremost

  • adj. first, either in time or in space.
  • adj. of a higher rank or position; paramount.
  • adj. (nautical) closest to the bow.
  • adv. in front.
  • adv. prominently forward.

forward

  • n. (dialectal or obsolete) Agreement; covenant.
  • adj. Toward the front or at the front.
  • adj. Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
  • adj. (finance) Expected in the future.
  • adj. Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.
  • adj. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
  • adv. Towards the front or from the front.
  • adv. In the usual direction of travel.
  • adv. Into the future.
  • v. (transitive) To advance, promote.
  • v. (transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) to a third party.
  • n. (rugby) one of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number…
  • n. (soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are…
  • n. (ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
  • n. (basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than…
  • n. (nautical) The front part of a vessel.
  • n. (Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain…
  • n. Misconstruction of foreword.

front

  • n. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
  • n. The side of a building with the main entrance.
  • n. A field of activity.
  • n. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
  • n. (meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting…
  • n. (military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
  • n. (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity…
  • n. (military) The direction of the enemy.
  • n. (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command…
  • n. (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
  • n. (informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
  • n. (historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
  • n. The most conspicuous part.
  • n. (obsolete) The beginning.
  • n. (Britain) a seafront or coastal promenade.
  • n. (obsolete) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
  • n. (slang, hotels, dated) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word…
  • adj. Located at or near the front.
  • adj. (comparable, phonetics) Of a vowel pronounced near the tip of the tongue.
  • v. (intransitive, dated) To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.
  • v. (transitive) To face, be opposite to.
  • v. (transitive) To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
  • v. (transitive) To adorn the front of; to put on the front.
  • v. (phonetics, transitive, intransitive) To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
  • v. (linguistics, transitive) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
  • v. (transitive) To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
  • v. (intransitive) To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
  • v. (transitive) To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
  • v. To appear before, as in to front court.

prow

  • n. (nautical) The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.
  • adj. (archaic) Brave, valiant, gallant.
  • n. Alternative form of proa.

stem

  • n. The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
  • n. A branch of a family.
  • n. An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
  • n. (botany) The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar,…
  • n. A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy,…
  • n. A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
  • n. (linguistics) The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of…
  • n. (slang) A person's leg.
  • n. (typography) A vertical stroke of a letter.
  • n. (music) A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
  • n. (nautical) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of…
  • n. Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork.
  • n. (anatomy) A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.
  • n. (slang) A crack pipe.
  • v. To remove the stem from.
  • v. To be caused or derived; to originate.
  • v. To descend in a family line.
  • v. To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
  • v. (obsolete) To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
  • v. To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
  • v. To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
  • v. (skiing) To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed…
  • n. Alternative form of steem.
  • n. Alternative form of STEM.

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