forum, n. 1. town meeting, assembly, symposium, round-table discussion, conference, talk, colloquy; debate, argument.
2. court, tribunal, Law. chancery, judiciary, judicatory, judicature, bench, bar.

forward, adv. 1. toward, towards, to; onward, onwards, forth, ahead, along, outward, outwards.
2. hence, thence, whence; on, out, onward, therefrom, thereof.
3. toward the front, in front, toward the bow, fore; frontwards, in the van, in the forefront.
4. out, into view, forth, into the open, into notice, into prominence, on the table, Inf. out of the bag. -adj. 5. onward, advancing, progressing, progressive, forward-looking, forward-moving.
6. advanced, well-advanced, early, Bot. rare-ripe, premature, precocious; over-early, in advance, immature, abortive; untimely, unseasonable, inopportune; anticipative, anticipatory, precipitate, unexpected.
7. ready, prompt, eager, game, earnest, keen, avid, fervent; willing, prone, well-disposed, amenable, agreeable; glad, pleased, Archaic, fain.
8. presumptuous, impertinent, insolent, officious; bold, brash, rash, brazen, audacious; impudent, rude, unmannerly, Archaic, malapert, unabashed; brassy, All Inf. cocky, cheeky, flip, fresh, smart, smart-alecky.
9. front, fore, face, anterior; frontal, foremost, headmost, at the front, at the fore. 10. future, coming, later, subsequent; prospective, eventual, to come, to be. 11. radical, extreme, ultra, Fr. outri; liberal, free-thinking, left, leftist, left wing, revolutionary, unconventional, progressive. -v. 12. transmit, send, send on, pass along, mail, post, deliver, express, ship, freight; consign, remit. 13. advance, promote, further, second; help, aid, assist, abet, succor; patronize, back, foster, nourish; encourage, favor, give a lift, lend a hand. 14. hasten, quicken, expedite, hurry; speed, accelerate, step up, move along, dispatch; shove, move, push, drive, job.

forwardness, n. 1. overreadiness, overconfidence, arrogance, chutzpa; presumption, presumptuousness, impertinence, insolence, officiousness, effrontery; boldness, brashness, audacity, brazenness; pertness, sauciness, brass, Inf. cheek, Inf. nerve, SI. lip, snooks; impudence, rudeness, unmannerliness.
2. readiness, promptness, willingness, earnestness; eagerness, gameness, enthusiasm, zeal, ardor, fervor; amenability, agreeability, alacrity,

fossil, n. 1. remains, reliquiae, relics, bones, skeleton; petrified remains, petrifaction, Archaic, lapidifi-cation; part, piece, surviving trace, impression, footprint, track, spoor.
2. Inf. fogy, Inf. fuddy-duddy. See - fogy, foster, v. 1. further, encourage, stimulate, boost, promote, foment, advance, forward, push or push for, advocate; sanction, approve, countenance; support, back, contribute to, conduce to, patronize; help, aid, abet, succor, assist, lend a hand, give a leg up; favor, smile upon, facilitate, enable, make easy for, clear the way for.
2. bring up, rear, raise; care for, take care of, cherish, nurture, nourish, cultivate, breed; nurse, harbor, keep, hold, preserve, sustain, maintain,

foul, adj. 1. contaminated, polluted, infected, adulterated, impure, defiled, tainted; spoiled, rotten, moldy, decayed, decomposed, carious, fetid, putrid, putrescent, putrefactive; ill-smelling, evil-smelling, SI. funky, rancid, stinking, stinky, rank, mephitic, noisome, musty.
2. dirty, unclean, unwashed, soiled, dusty, lutose, grimy, grubby; stained, tarnished, spotted, sullied, smudged, smeared; filthy, dirt-encrusted, bedraggled, begrimed, besmeared, smirchy; muddied, muddy, miry, turbid, feculent.