Reverse Dictionary: FORWARD

ADJECTIVES
► BARDIE ► BARDY forward, pert, shameless, audacious; insolent; defiant → 1822 Sc.
► BEDDY conceited, self-sufficient, saucy, forward → 1706 Sc. & Ireland
► BOBBANT of a girl: forward, romping → 1825 Eng. dial. obs.
► BOBBEROUS pert, saucy, forward → 19C Eng. dial.
► BOBBERSOME in high spirits, bold, forward, venturesome; impatient → 1750 Eng. dial.
► BOCHANT of a girl: romping, forward → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► BRASH eager, lively, forward → 1885 Amer. dial.
► BRICKETY ► BRIGATY ► BRIGETTY ► BRIGGETTY ► BRIGGITY ► BRIGGOTY ► BRIGITY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing → 1868 Amer. dial.
► COCKISH wanton, sexually forward, esp. of a woman → 1555 obs.
► CROUSE bold, audacious, daring, hardy, forward, cocky, full of defiant confidence → a1400 obs. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► EGSOME forward, seductive → 1868 Sc.
► EMPERENT ► IMPERANT ► IMPURENT ► IMPERENT insolently disrespectful; shamelessly forward; impertinent, impudent, rude, prone to take liberties → 1771 Eng. dial. & colloq.
► FAST forward, impulsive, prone to rashness; cheeky, rude, impudent, impertinent → 1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FORTH-PUTTING said of a badly-behaved, arrogant, forward person → 1878 Amer. dial.
► FRESH amorously over-free or cheeky; pert; forward; bold; impudent → 1845 sl., orig. US
► FRUSH frank, forward → a1807 Sc. obs.
► GAMESOME forward, dissolute → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HOIT-A-POIT assuming airs of importance unsuitable to years or action; presuming, forward → 19C Eng. dial.
► KEEN bold, proud, forward, insolent, heinous → 1297 obs.
► KNAPPISH rudely abrupt or forward, testy, snappish, sharp-tongued, spiteful → 1513 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MALAPERT presumptuous, impudent, saucy; bold or forward from lack of proper respect or modesty → c1420 obs.
► MANNISH bold, forward; said of both sexes and of children → 1930 Amer. dial., esp. African-American
► MINXIN forward, pert, like a minx → 1883 Eng. dial.  
► OBERFU bold, forward → 1929 Sc.
► OLD-FASHIONED precocious, forward → 1939 Irish sl.
► OUTWARDLY self-important, forward → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PAUKY ► PAWKY proud, conceited, impudent, bold, precocious, forward, inquisitive; esp. used of children → 1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
► PERKISH conceited, pert or forward in manner; lively → 1870
► PRATCHANT conceited, forward, swaggering → 1597 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► PREVIOUS forward, cheeky; unacceptable or in poor taste → 1920s sl.
► PROCACIOUS forward, insolent, impudent, saucy, pert, petulant → 1660
► PROTERVE forward, wayward, stubborn; peevish, petulant; proud, arrogant, impudent → 1382 obs.
► PROTERVOUS forward, wayward, untoward, stubborn, impudent, peevish, petulant → 1547 obs.
► RAMBUMPTIOUS ► RAMBUNKSHUS ► RAMBUNKSIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous → 1866 Amer. dial.
► RAMSTAMPHISH rough, blunt, unrefined; unceremonious; forward and noisy → 1818 Sc.
► REESHLING forward, bustling, prompt → 1827 Sc.
► ROCKLED of children: rash and forward → 1790 Eng. dial.
► RUMGUMPTIOUS pompous; violent and obstinate in opinion; forward, rash, bold, quarrelsome, out of humour; boisterous → 1790 Eng. dial.
► SMART forward, impudent; cheeky, pert → c1400 colloq.
► TASH fretful, captious, hard to please; ill-natured; forward → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► TELLSOME talkative, esp. officiously forward in giving advice → 1934 Amer. dial.
► THAWART cross, crabbed; obstinate; forward → 1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THROSSAN conceited, stuck up; forward, pushy → 1892 Eng. dial.
► THROSSEN-UP conceited, stuck up; forward, pushy → 1892 Eng. dial.
► TRANTY of children:  wise and forward above their age → 19C Eng. dial. obs.
► VOCE ► VOUCE ► VOUSE nervous; forward; strong → 1873 Eng. dial.
► WADDIE ► WADY proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry → 1733 Sc.
► YAFFIN pert, forward in speech → 1857 Sc.
► YANKING active, forward, pushing → 1824 Sc.

ADVERBS
► AFORWARD forward, in front → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ENDWAYS forward, onward, straight ahead; at once, henceforth → 1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FURTHERWARD forward; straight on → a1400 obs.
► PRESUMPTORILY in a presumptuous manner; arrogantly, impertinently, forwardly → 1681 obs.

NOUNS
► BARDINESS forwardness, pertness, esp. as shown in conversation → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRASH audacity, boldness, forwardness → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CRUST forwardness, selfish aggressiveness → → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► ENERGY boldness, assertiveness, forwardness; bravery; → 1966 Amer. dial.
► IMPITTENCE impudence, impertinence, forwardness → 1896 Eng. dial.
► IRISH-ASSURANCE bold forward behaviour → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► PAUK ► PAWK impertinence, forwardness, precocity; insolent, impertinent talk → 1889 Eng. dial.  
► PETULCITY offensive forwardness or temerity; friskiness, wantonness → 1628 obs.
► PROCACITY forwardness, petulance, sauciness, pertness, impudence → 1621

NOUNS – PERSON
► BIRSIE a forward, impertinent child → 1876 Sc. (Bk.)
► BISIM ► BISOM ► BIZZUM a cheeky, forward, or cantankerous woman → 1808 Sc. & Ireland
► CLIP a likable, shrewd, forward, or lively young woman → 1901 Amer. dial.
► CLIPPER a likable, shrewd, forward, or lively young woman → 1836 Amer. dial.
► EASY MORT a promiscuous, forward woman → M17 sl.
► FLIP a flippant, impudent, forward person; a flirt → 1915 Amer. dial.
► GAB-NASH a pert or voluble chatterer; a prattling, forward girl → 1923 Sc. 
► GAME PULLET a young prostitute, or forward or promiscuous girl in the way of becoming one → 1788 UK sl. obs.
► GAMFREL ► GAMPHRELL a stupid or foolish person; a blockhead, an idiot; a forward, presumptuous person → 1729 Sc.
► GAUKIE a foolish, forward, vain woman → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GILKIE a young girl, esp. a lively, bold, or forward one → 1720 Sc. & Irish English, sometimes derogatory
► GILPEY ► GILPIE ► GILPY a young girl, esp. a lively, mischievous, bold, saucy, or forward one; a tomboy → 1720 Sc. & Irish English, sometimes derogatory
► GILRAVAGER one who commits depredations; a forward, riotous fellow → 1817 Sc.
► HAIK ► HAKE a forward tattling woman → 1825 Sc. obs.
► JACKANAPES a playful term for a pert, forward child; a mischievous child; a ‘monkey’ → c1555
► JANE-OF-APES a female ‘jackanapes’; a pert, forward girl → 1623 obs.
► LAD-LOUPER a romp, a tomboy; a forward girl → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MINDEN a forward girl → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MISS NOTICE BOX a forward woman; one who shows off → 1995 sl.
► MOPSY a forward, impudent girl → 1997 Irish sl.  (Bk.)
► NACKET a pert, forward, smart boy; a trifling little person; an insignificant person; a wicked, mischievous, or impertinent child; a precocious child → 1833 Sc.
► NASH-GAB a pert or gossiping person, an impertinent, ill-natured fellow, a forward, prattling girl → 1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► PRATE-APACE one who prates on; a forward, talkative child; a chatterbox → 1636
► PRINCOCK a pert, forward, saucy boy or youth; a conceited young fellow; a coxcomb → 1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RAMSTAM a giddy, forward, impetuous, reckless person → 1823 Sc.
► SCOUT a term of reproach for a bold, forward girl → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► SNICKET a pert, saucy, forward girl; a term of reproach for a little girl; a naughty child; a dirty, careless, impudent woman → 1867 Eng. dial.
► STRAP a bold, forward girl or woman → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► TITTUP a pert, impudent or forward woman or girl; a hussy, a minx → 1762 Eng. dial.
► TITTY-UP a pert, impudent or forward woman or girl; a hussy, a minx → 1901 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TITTY-UPS a pert, forward girl → 19C Eng. dial.
► TOMBOY a rude, boisterous, or forward boy → a1553 obs.
► WHIPSTER a bold, forward, romping,  impudent girl → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► YANKIE a smart, agile person; a sharp, clever, forward woman → 1790 Sc.
► YAP ► YAUP ► YEP ► YIP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad → 1839 Eng. dial.

VERBS
► BRIGGIT AROUND to act forward or recklessly → 1981 Amer. dial.
► CROWD THE MOURNERS to be premature or forward → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► FAS ► FASS to be rude or impertinent; to meddle in somebody’s business, to be forward → 1983 W. Indies Rasta
► HAVE BRASS ON ONE’S FACE to be forward, bold, or over-confident → 1966 Amer. dial.
► READY to forward, to assist → 1790 Eng. dial.
► SUBVECT to bring forward → 1641 obs.