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/wəd/ · suffix
Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward", "forward", etc..
And after dinner, with a kindly wink, she bade them accompany the Reverend, who briskly walked hallward.
Use -ward when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
-ward means Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward", "forward", etc..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And after dinner, with a kindly wink, she bade them accompany the Reverend, who briskly walked hallward.
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