Usually means: Directed or situated toward the back.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word rearward:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. rearward: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rearward: Merriam-Webster
  3. rearward: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rearward, rearward: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rearward: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rearward: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rearward, rearward: Wordnik
  8. rearward: Wiktionary
  9. rearward: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. rearward: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. rearward: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Rearward, rearward: Dictionary.com
  13. Rearward: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. rearward: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. rearward: Rhymezone
  16. Rearward: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. rearward: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. rearward: FreeDictionary.org
  19. rearward: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. rearward: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rearward: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rearward: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  The part that comes last or is situated in the rear; conclusion, wind-up.
▸ noun:  The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard.
▸ adjective:  Toward the back or rear of something.
▸ adverb:  Toward the back or rear of something.

Similar:
back, backward, rear, reverse, arrear, tail end, backword, afterset, backwash, remainder, more...

Opposite:
forward, front, ahead

Types:
back, rear, aft, aftmost, posterior, dorsal, anterior, more...

Adjectives:
first, full, most, lean, front, other, joint, right

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Similar:
back, backward, rear, reverse, arrear, tail end, backword, afterset, backwash, remainder, more...

Opposite:
forward, front, ahead

Types:
back, rear, aft, aftmost, posterior, dorsal, anterior, more...

Adjectives:
first, full, most, lean, front, other, joint, right



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