“backward”

Definitions

• adjective

  directed or facing toward the back or rear

  Synonyms: micawberish, olympian, about, afraid, aft, after, aftermost, again, ago, aloof, anticlockwise, apathetic

  Antonyms: forward

  • Example:“a backward view”

• adjective

  (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

  Antonyms: forward

  • Example:“a backward lover”

• adjective

  retarded in intellectual development

  Synonyms: feebleminded

• adjective

  having made less than normal progress

  • Example:“an economically backward country”

• adverb

  at or to or toward the back or rear

  Synonyms: back, backwards, rearward, rearwards

  Antonyms: forward

  • Example:“He moved back.”
  • Example:“… tripped when he stepped backward”

• adverb

  in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

  Synonyms: backwards

  • Example:“It's easy to get the ‘i’ and the ‘e’ backward in words like ‘seize’ and ‘siege’.”
  • Example:“The child put her jersey on backward.”