froward

Questions about froward

What does froward mean?

froward means "habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition".

How many syllables are in froward?

froward has 2 syllables: fro-ward. The stress falls on "fro".

What is another word for froward?

Close synonyms include headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is froward a common word?

froward is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.