Thesaurus: toward

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1. prep. Alt. of Towards
2. adv. Alt. of Towards
3. prep. Approaching; coming near.
4. prep. Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.
5. prep. Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.
6. 1. In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak. 2. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning. His eye shall be evil toward his brother. Deut. xxviii. 54. Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men. Acts xxiv. 16. 3. Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of. This was the first alarm England received towards any trouble. Clarendom. 4. Near; about; approaching to. I am toward nine years older since I left you. Swift. Near; at hand; in state of preparation. Do you hear sught, sir, of a battle toward Shak. We have a trifling foolish banquet Towards. Shak. 1. Approaching; coming near. "His toward peril." Spenser. 2. Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth. 3. Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant. Why, that is spoken like a toward prince. Shak.
7. i:100 prep. Alt. of Towards adv. Alt. of Towards prep. Approaching; coming near. prep. Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth. prep. Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.