The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SHY , but the solution may also be COY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Not forward crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHY | 57 % | 3 |
| MEEK | 14 % | 4 |
| ASTERN | 14 % | 6 |
| COY | 7 % | 3 |
| SLY | 7 % | 3 |
Why may SHY be the right solution?
The word "shy" means hesitant or timid, which is the opposite of being forward or bold. Therefore, "shy" is an appropriate answer to the clue "Not forward."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Not forward
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- backward
- in reverse
- retrograde
- back
- set back
- behind
- reversal
- reversion
- backtracking
- reverse
- backwards
- fro
Crossword Answer definitions
SHY noun- An act of throwing.
- A place for throwing.
- A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
- In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
- To avoid due to timidness or caution.
- To jump back in fear.
- To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling
- Easily frightened; timid.
- Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
- Cautious; wary; suspicious.
- Short, insufficient or less than.
- Embarrassed.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SHY
- Bashful
- Short
- " ... twice __."
- Not at all outgoing
- Unlikely to mix
- Averse to first moves
- Retiring
- Tending to shrink
- Like a wallflower
- Owing
More clues leading to the result MEEK
- Inheritors?
- Submissive
- Docile or gentle
- Docile
- Like a milquetoast
- Earth inheritors?
- Mild-mannered
- Earth's heirs?
- Earth's inheritors
- Far from bold
More clues leading to the result ASTERN
- Behind a vessel
- Howard or Isaac?
- Behind, to Barnacle Bill
- Toward the rear
- Aft
- To the rear, to a rear admiral
- Back on the water
- At the ship's back
- Away from the bow
- Back in the Navy
More clues leading to the result COY
- Affectedly shy
- Quaintly shy
- Playing hard to get
- Playfully innocent
- Demure
- Far from forward
- Shy
- Flirtatiously shy
- Hard to pin down
- Affectedly demure