onward

[on-werd, awn-] /ˈɒn wərd, ˈɔn-/

adverb, Also, onwards

toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.

at a position or point in advance.

adjective

directed or moving onward or forward; forward.

Origin

1350-1400; Middle English; see on, -ward

Synonyms

1. See forward.

Antonyms

1, 3. backward.

Examples from the web for onward

And from that point onward the poor reasoning and bad grammar only get worse.
onward he pummelled into the night, taking no heed but for one thing and that was to clear the road.
From that point onward, the charcoal-burners' days were numbered.
Versions three and onward are summarized below, from reader mail.
The incisive branch is continued onward within the bone, and supplies the canine and incisor teeth.
The wave moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not.
In some months of the year, however, there often chances a forenoon when affairs move onward with a livelier tread.
Your onward or return journey may be by any mode of transport, provided you hold a return or onward ticket.

British Dictionary definitions for onward

/ˈɒnwəd/

adjective

directed or moving forwards, onwards, etc

adverb

a variant of onwards

onwards

/ˈɒnwədz/

adverb

at or towards a point or position ahead, in advance, etc

Word Origin and History for onward

adv.

late 14c., from on + -ward. The form onwards, with adverbial genitive -s-, is attested from c.1600.