ahead
ahead is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Headlong; without restraint. [Obs.] L'Estrange. To go ahead. (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on onward. (c) To push on in an enterprise. [Colloq] -- To get ahead of. (a) To get in advance of. (b) To surpass; to get the better of. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accession
- accretion
- add
- additional
- advance
- advanced
- aggrandize
- aggrandizement
- aggravate
- aggravation
- akimbo
- anterior
- anteriority
- arms
- ascend
- ascent
- augment
- augmentation
- beak
- beard
- beat
- before
- bend
- bid
- big
- bluster
- bold
- bow
- brave
- brow
- call
- cartel
- challenge
- chest
- coin
- come
- confront
- countenance
- courage
- crescendo
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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