n.
Variant: also -wards
Function: adjective suffix
Etymology: -ward from Middle English, from Old English -weard; akin to Old High German -wart, -wert -ward, Latin vertere to turn; -wards from -wards, adverb suffix ― more at WORTH
1 : that moves, tends, faces, or is directed toward <river ward >
2 : that occurs or is situated in the direction of <left ward >