look backward

Questions about look backward

What is another word for look backward?

It depends which look backward you mean. In the sense “look towards one's back”, the synonyms are look back. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of look backward?

WordNet records no antonym for look backward. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for look backward come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of look backward

• Full entry for look backwardAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for look backwardWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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