The antonyms for the phrase "go forward" are "retreat," "backward," "halt," and "discontinue." When we retreat, we move away from the direction we were heading, and this is the opposite of going forward. Going backward means reversing our steps and moving away from progress. Halt means stopping or pausing and not continuing to move forward. Discontinuing means ending our forward momentum or failing to continue moving forward because we have either lost interest, run out of resources, or feel defeated. These antonyms for going forward remind us that progress requires perseverance, and setbacks can occur, but we must stay focused and determined to succeed.

What are the antonyms for Go forward?

• v.

  • advance
  • back down
  ,
  • cease
  ,
  • decrease
  ,
  • halt
  ,
  • hesitate
  ,
  • hinder
  ,
  • hold
  ,
  • keep
  ,
  • recede
  ,
  • retard
  ,
  • retreat
  ,
  • retrogress
  ,
  • stop
  ,
  • take back
  ,
  • turn
  ,
  • withdraw
  ,
  • yield
  .
  • back
  • Allying
  ,
  • Repulsing
  ,
  • Withdrew
  ,
  • angeled
  ,
  • angeling
  ,
  • drave back
  ,
  • drive back
  ,
  • drives back
  ,
  • driving back
  ,
  • drove back
  ,
  • fall back
  ,
  • gave a boost
  ,
  • gave a leg up
  ,
  • gave a lift
  ,
  • gave boost
  ,
  • gave leg up
  ,
  • gave lift
  ,
  • give a boost
  ,
  • give a leg up
  ,
  • give boost
  ,
  • give leg up
  ,
  • give lift
  ,
  • gives a boost
  ,
  • gives a leg up
  ,
  • gives a lift
  ,
  • gives boost
  ,
  • gives lift
  ,
  • giving a boost
  ,
  • giving a leg up
  ,
  • giving a lift
  ,
  • giving boost
  ,
  • giving leg up
  ,
  • giving lift
  ,
  • go bat for
  ,
  • re cede
  ,
  • re ceded
  ,
  • re cedes
  ,
  • re ceding
  ,
  • re pulse
  ,
  • re pulsed
  ,
  • re pulses
  ,
  • re pulsing
  ,
  • re tire
  ,
  • re tired
  ,
  • re tires
  ,
  • re tiring
  ,
  • re treat
  ,
  • re treated
  ,
  • re verse
  ,
  • re versing
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  • re-cede
  ,
  • re-ceded
  ,
  • re-cedes
  ,
  • re-ceding
  ,
  • re-pulse
  ,
  • re-pulsed
  ,
  • re-pulses
  ,
  • re-pulsing
  ,
  • re-tire
  ,
  • re-tires
  ,
  • re-tiring
  ,
  • re-verse
  ,
  • re-versed
  ,
  • retreating
  ,
  • side with
  ,
  • sided with
  ,
  • sides with
  ,
  • siding with
  ,
  • stand behind
  ,
  • stands behind
  ,
  • stick by
  ,
  • stick for
  ,
  • stick up for
  ,
  • sticked for
  ,
  • sticked up for
  ,
  • sticking by
  ,
  • sticking up for
  ,
  • sticks by
  ,
  • sticks for
  ,
  • sticks up for
  ,
  • stood behind
  ,
  • stuck by
  ,
  • stuck up for
  ,
  • under write
  ,
  • under writes
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  • under writing
  ,
  • under written
  ,
  • under wrote
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  • under-write
  ,
  • under-writes
  ,
  • under-writing
  ,
  • under-written
  ,
  • under-wrote
  ,
  • up held
  ,
  • up hold
  ,
  • up holding
  ,
  • up holds
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  • up-held
  ,
  • up-hold
  ,
  • up-holding
  ,
  • up-holds
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  • with draw
  ,
  • with drawing
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  • with drawn
  ,
  • with draws
  ,
  • with drew
  ,
  • with-draw
  ,
  • with-drawing
  ,
  • with-drawn
  ,
  • with-draws
  ,
  • with-drew
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  • back down
  • Re sign
  ,
  • back pedal
  ,
  • beg off
  ,
  • begged off
  ,
  • begging off
  ,
  • begs off
  ,
  • cave in
  ,
  • caved in
  ,
  • caves in
  ,
  • caving in
  ,
  • gave ground
  ,
  • gave in
  ,
  • give ground
  ,
  • gives ground
  ,
  • giving ground
  ,
  • go back on
  ,
  • had no fight left
  ,
  • haddest no fight left
  ,
  • hadst no fight left
  ,
  • has no fight left
  ,
  • hast no fight left
  ,
  • hath no fight left
  ,
  • have no fight left
  ,
  • having no fight left
  ,
  • holds back
  ,
  • pull back
  ,
  • pulled back
  ,
  • pulling back
  ,
  • pulls back
  ,
  • re canted
  ,
  • re coil
  ,
  • re coiled
  ,
  • re coiling
  ,
  • re coils
  ,
  • re signed
  ,
  • re signing
  ,
  • re signs
  ,
  • re-coil
  ,
  • re-coiled
  ,
  • re-coiling
  ,
  • re-coils
  ,
  • re-sign
  ,
  • re-signed
  ,
  • re-signing
  ,
  • re-signs
  ,
  • sur render
  ,
  • sur rendered
  ,
  • sur rendering
  ,
  • sur renders
  ,
  • sur-render
  ,
  • sur-rendered
  ,
  • sur-rendering
  ,
  • sur-renders
  ,
  • wimp out
  ,
  • wimped out
  ,
  • wimping out
  ,
  • wimps out
  ,
  • withdraw from agreement or statement
  ,
  • withdraw from agreement statement
  ,
  • withdrawing from agreement or statement
  ,
  • withdrawing from agreement statement
  ,
  • withdraws from agreement or statement
  ,
  • withdraws from agreement statement
  ,
  • withdrew from agreement or statement
  ,
  • withdrew from agreement statement
  .
  • double back
  • Re-turn
  ,
  • re turn
  ,
  • re turning
  ,
  • re turns
  ,
  • re-turned
  ,
  • re-turning
  ,
  • re-turns
  ,
  • retrace one steps
  ,
  • retrace one's steps
  ,
  • retrace ones steps
  ,
  • retrace steps
  ,
  • retraced one steps
  ,
  • retraced one's steps
  ,
  • retraced ones steps
  ,
  • retraced steps
  ,
  • retraces one steps
  ,
  • retraces one's steps
  ,
  • retraces ones steps
  ,
  • retraces steps
  ,
  • retracing one steps
  ,
  • retracing one's steps
  ,
  • retracing ones steps
  ,
  • retracing steps
  ,
  • reverse path
  ,
  • reversed path
  ,
  • reverses path
  ,
  • reversing path
  ,
  • turn back
  ,
  • turned back
  ,
  • turning back
  ,
  • turns back
  .
  • draw back
  • de duct
  ,
  • de ducted
  ,
  • de ducting
  ,
  • de ducts
  ,
  • de-duct
  ,
  • de-ducted
  ,
  • de-ducting
  ,
  • de-ducts
  ,
  • dis counted
  ,
  • dis counting
  ,
  • dis counts
  ,
  • dis-counted
  ,
  • dis-counting
  ,
  • dis-counts
  ,
  • reel in
  ,
  • reeled in
  ,
  • reeling in
  ,
  • reels in
  ,
  • start back
  ,
  • started back
  ,
  • starting back
  ,
  • starts back
  ,
  • sub tract
  ,
  • sub tracts
  ,
  • sub-tract
  ,
  • sub-tracts
  ,
  • take away
  ,
  • takes away
  ,
  • taking away
  ,
  • took away
  .
  • go ahead
  • complete
  ,
  • discontinue
  ,
  • end
  ,
  • finish
  .
  • progress
  • back up
  ,
  • decline
  ,
  • deteriorate
  .
  • recant
  • ate one words
  ,
  • ate one's words
  ,
  • ate ones words
  ,
  • ate words
  ,
  • dial back
  ,
  • dialed back
  ,
  • dialing back
  ,
  • dialled back
  ,
  • dialling back
  ,
  • dials back
  ,
  • dis avow
  ,
  • dis avowed
  ,
  • dis avowing
  ,
  • dis avows
  ,
  • dis claim
  ,
  • dis claimed
  ,
  • dis claiming
  ,
  • dis claims
  ,
  • dis owned
  ,
  • dis owning
  ,
  • dis-avow
  ,
  • dis-avowed
  ,
  • dis-avowing
  ,
  • dis-avows
  ,
  • dis-claim
  ,
  • dis-claimed
  ,
  • dis-claiming
  ,
  • dis-claims
  ,
  • dis-owned
  ,
  • dis-owning
  ,
  • eat one words
  ,
  • eat one's words
  ,
  • eat words
  ,
  • eating one words
  ,
  • eating one's words
  ,
  • eating ones words
  ,
  • eating words
  ,
  • eats one's words
  ,
  • eats ones words
  ,
  • eats words
  ,
  • go back on one's word
  ,
  • go back on ones word
  ,
  • go back on word
  ,
  • go back one word
  ,
  • go back one's word
  ,
  • go back ones word
  ,
  • go back word
  ,
  • goes back on one word
  ,
  • goes back on one's word
  ,
  • goes back on ones word
  ,
  • goes back on word
  ,
  • goes back one word
  ,
  • goes back one's word
  ,
  • goes back ones word
  ,
  • goes back word
  ,
  • going back on one word
  ,
  • going back on one's word
  ,
  • going back on ones word
  ,
  • going back one's word
  ,
  • going back ones word
  ,
  • going back word
  ,
  • re calling
  ,
  • re calls
  ,
  • re canting
  ,
  • re peal
  ,
  • re pealed
  ,
  • re pealing
  ,
  • re peals
  ,
  • re-call
  ,
  • re-called
  ,
  • re-calling
  ,
  • re-calls
  ,
  • re-canted
  ,
  • re-canting
  ,
  • re-pealed
  ,
  • re-peals
  ,
  • un say
  ,
  • un-say
  ,
  • un-saying
  ,
  • unsay
  ,
  • unsays
  ,
  • weaseled out
  ,
  • weaseling out
  ,
  • weasels out
  ,
  • went back on one word
  ,
  • went back on ones word
  ,
  • went back one word
  ,
  • went back word
  ,
  • worm out of
  ,
  • wormed out of
  ,
  • worming out of
  .
  • retrace one's steps
  • double back
  .
  • retract
  • Retrograded
  ,
  • Retrograding
  ,
  • back out of
  ,
  • backed out of
  ,
  • backing out of
  ,
  • backs out of
  ,
  • change mind
  ,
  • change one mind
  ,
  • change one's mind
  ,
  • change ones mind
  ,
  • changed mind
  ,
  • changed one mind
  ,
  • changed one's mind
  ,
  • changed ones mind
  ,
  • changes mind
  ,
  • changes one mind
  ,
  • changes one's mind
  ,
  • changes ones mind
  ,
  • changing mind
  ,
  • changing one mind
  ,
  • changing one's mind
  ,
  • changing ones mind
  ,
  • draw in
  ,
  • drawing in
  ,
  • draws in
  ,
  • drew in
  ,
  • forgat it
  ,
  • forgets it
  ,
  • forgetting it
  ,
  • forgot it
  ,
  • had change of heart
  ,
  • haddest change heart
  ,
  • hadst change heart
  ,
  • hadst change of heart
  ,
  • has change of heart
  ,
  • hast change heart
  ,
  • hast change of heart
  ,
  • hath change heart
  ,
  • have change heart
  ,
  • have change of heart
  ,
  • having change heart
  ,
  • having change of heart
  ,
  • nig
  ,
  • nigged
  ,
  • nigging
  ,
  • re tract
  ,
  • re tracts
  ,
  • re-tract
  ,
  • re-tracts
  ,
  • retro cede
  ,
  • retro cedes
  ,
  • retro ceding
  ,
  • retro grade
  ,
  • retro graded
  ,
  • retro grades
  ,
  • retro grading
  ,
  • retro-cedes
  ,
  • retro-ceding
  ,
  • retro-graded
  ,
  • retro-grades
  ,
  • retro-grading
  ,
  • retrogrades
  .
  • retract from position
  • draw back
  .
  • retreat
  • de camp
  ,
  • de camped
  ,
  • de camping
  ,
  • de camps
  ,
  • de part
  ,
  • de parted
  ,
  • de parting
  ,
  • de parts
  ,
  • de-camp
  ,
  • de-camped
  ,
  • de-camping
  ,
  • de-camps
  ,
  • de-part
  ,
  • de-parted
  ,
  • de-parting
  ,
  • de-parts
  ,
  • dis engage
  ,
  • dis engaged
  ,
  • dis engages
  ,
  • dis engaging
  ,
  • dis-engage
  ,
  • dis-engaged
  ,
  • dis-engages
  ,
  • dis-engaging
  ,
  • go along with
  ,
  • keep apart
  ,
  • keeping aloof
  ,
  • keeping apart
  ,
  • keeps aloof
  ,
  • kept aloof
  ,
  • kept apart
  ,
  • laid down
  ,
  • lay down
  ,
  • laying down
  ,
  • lays down
  ,
  • move back
  ,
  • moves back
  ,
  • moving back
  ,
  • re treating
  ,
  • re treats
  ,
  • re-treat
  ,
  • re-treated
  ,
  • re-treating
  ,
  • re-treats
  ,
  • seclude oneself
  ,
  • secluding oneself
  .
  • take back something said
  • recant
  .
  • take back; renege on
  • retract
  .

• Other relevant words:

• back
,
• give up
.

Famous quotes with Go forward

• What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive, I feel that anything can happen.

  Anouk Aimee
• It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.

  John Amery
• Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.

  Owen Arthur
• A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

  Otto von Bismarck
• No More Avengers! There's nothing new to get out of it - I want to go forward, not backward.

  Honor Blackman

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