toward

Speech parts

1. toward - Adjective

2. toward - Preposition

4. Toward - Proper noun

Meaning

Alt. of Towards

Approaching; coming near.

Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.

Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

contra about future boric apropos coming facing forth approaching onward imminent proximate aground on re
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Antonyms

away from away despite apart alongside aside
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Phrases with the word

leaning toward work toward toward the front toward north pole move toward toward the rear

Anagrams

todraw

Examples

Even if we fall a hundred times a day, it does not matter; we must get up and go on walking toward God without looking back. Tadej of Vitovnica

He does not show humility who accuses himself (for who will not accept rebukes from himself?), but he who, being rebuked by another, does not decrease his love toward him. John Climacus

Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility. Isaac the Syrian

Your whole destiny is involved in the attitude you take toward your sin. American Proverb

When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us. Hindi Proverb

When a man is coming toward you, you need not say, "Come here." Ghana Proverb

Close letter words and terms

towage towall Towanda toward death toward home toward land