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1. At or to or toward the back or rear
   "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
   - back, backward, backwards, rearwards

1. Direction toward the rear
   "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"

1. Located in or toward the back or rear
   "on the rearward side"
   - rear
    
2. Directed or moving toward the rear
   "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"
   - reverse

Derived forms: rearwards

See also: back, backward

Type of: back end, backside, rear