Words that are spelled similarly to rearward:
rearward, bearward, reward, seaward, rereward, rearguard, rearwards, headward, harward, eadward.
Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word rearward:
sear, chambering, blowback, ejector, extractor, bolt, breech, recoil, eject, struts, slide, casing, locking, projectile, strut, undercarriage, cartridge, barrel, sliding, hinged, stripping, extracting, piston, propellant, muzzle, fuselage, canopy, nozzle, visibility, sloping, cam, propeller, inward, impulse, lever, rudder, trigger, aerodynamic, bullet, downward, claw, firearm, aft, cockpit, axle, cyclic, pin, rear, thrust, sweep, gases, pushing, stall, forward, firing, forwards, pistol, compensate, brake, grip, elevator, upward, longitudinal, compartment, exhaust, momentum, lift, buffer, traction, bias, drag, loading, turret, carrier, trailing, brakes, horizontal, motion, hammer, chamber, cylinder, propulsion, steering, displacement, nose, charging, receiver, gravity, tail, cone, prototype, trim, empty, wheels, dorsal, vision, mounted, pressure, blade, facing.
Adjectives that are often used to describe rearward:
first, full, many, lean, front, other, most, joint, right.
Nouns that are often described by the adjective rearward:
movement, position, motion, services, direction, communications, portion, end, extension, areas, positions, travel, force, part, vision, thrust, march, lines, displacement, visibility, view, shift, line, slope, ranks, side, component, pressure, glance, location, tilt, momentum, action, defences, flow, firing, buttons, edge, move, step, area, velocity, parts, point, ships, troops, cells, stroke, projection, zone, rotation, border, enemy, units, party, half, wall, elements, amplification, friend, acceleration, attack, pull, movements, bases, hearthstones, surface, apartment, flight, extensions, bias, limit, inclination, relative, gate, forces, vessels, ejection, escape, rank, portions, concentration, center, car, blast, face, glances, boat, post, columns, angle, base, deployment, journey, pedestrian, discharge.
Words that sound like rearward:
rearward, rereward, rearwards, hereward, reword, shoreward, harward, rare bird, reward, reread, richard, reared, rivard, earthward, ritard, rearer, rivered, root word, rearguard, rightward, rinard, yearwood, dorward, norward, swearword, reheard, hitherward, rarer, rudyard, record, resort, retired, rewrite, reroute, rewired, rosewood, rehired, ringwood, ridgewood, raw wood, re-route, rose wood, richwood, harewood, forward, retard, regard, roared, revered, revert, foreward, referred, foreword, rumored, rewrote, renard, ricard, roarer, rear end, rickard, reynard, rumoured, the word, ragwort, rorer, rear-end, rikard, swear word, sherard, revard, rohrer, razored, rewords, rorted, rocard, reinard, rear light, rohwer, harwood, yarwood, girouard, harvard, wayward, redwood, hayward, heyward, siward, reighard, winward, your world, riverhead, winword, durward, ride herd, smear word, rare breed, rubbered, reppert, rare earth, red haired.