1. introduction to a book or work of art; preface   forward   foreword   2. a soldier who belongs to an underground movement   gorilla   guerrilla   3. concentrated; achieving a lot in a short time   intense   intensive   4. frank; artless; naive   ingenious   ingenuous   5. reluctant; unwilling   loath   loathe   6. to disobey openly and contemptuously   flaunt   flout   7. at the front   forward   foreword