WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

forward pass
    n 1: a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer [syn:
         forward pass, aerial]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "forward pass":
   bowl, cast, change of pace, change-up, chuck, chunk, curve,
   downcurve, fastball, fling, flip, heave, hurl, incurve,
   knuckleball, lateral, lateral pass, lob, outcurve, pass, peg,
   pitch, put, screwball, serve, service, shot-put, shy, sinker,
   slider, sling, spitball, spitter, throw, toss, upcurve