<p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>Also rearwards</li><li>toward or in the rear</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>located in, near, or toward the rear</li><li>directed toward the rear</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a position at the rear: in the rearward of fashion</li><li>Obsolete, rere·ward. the rear division of a military unit; rear guard</li></ul>