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Defenition of the word backward

    • Defenition of the word backward

      • In a backward direction.
      • in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
      • at or to or toward or the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
      • directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"
      • (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"
      • in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward"
      • retarded in intellectual development
      • at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
      • in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it''s easy to get the `i'' and the `e'' backward in words like `seize'' and `siege''"; "the child put her jersey on backward"
      • directed or facing toward the back or rear
      • (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
      • having made less than normal progress
      • in or to or toward a past time
      • at or to or toward the back or rear
      • in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

    Synonyms for the word backward

      • back
      • backwards
      • feebleminded
      • half-witted
      • rearward
      • rearwards
      • slow-witted

    Similar words in the backward

      • backswept
      • bashful
      • blate
      • cacuminal
      • converse
      • inverse
      • negative
      • rearward
      • receding
      • receding(a)
      • reflexive
      • regardant
      • regardant(ip)
      • regressive
      • retarded
      • retracted
      • retral
      • retroflex
      • retroflexed
      • retrograde
      • retrospective
      • returning
      • returning(a)
      • reverse
      • reversed
      • reversive
      • self-referent
      • sweptback
      • timid
      • transposed

    Antonyms for the word backward

      • ahead
      • forrad
      • forrard
      • forward
      • forwards
      • frontward
      • frontwards

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