| Fro 1. (adv.) From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To. 2. (prep.) From. Thesaurus Entries a rebours, a reculons, against the grain, anticlockwise, arear, ass-backwards, astern, away, back, backward, backwards, counterclockwise, hindward, hindwards, in reverse, rearward, rearwards, retrad, widdershins |