BACKWARD as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • directed or facing toward the back or rear
   Usage Example(s)
   • a backward view
   Antonym(s)
   • forward (what does forward mean?)
   Similar To
   • backswept (what does backswept mean?)
   • sweptback (what does sweptback mean?)
   • cacuminal (what does cacuminal mean?)
   • retroflex (what does retroflex mean?)
   • converse (what does converse mean?)
   • reversed (what does reversed mean?)
   • transposed (what does transposed mean?)
   • inverse (what does inverse mean?)
   • reverse (what does reverse mean?)
   • negative (what does negative mean?)
   • rearward (what does rearward mean?)
   • reverse (what does reverse mean?)
   • receding(a) (what does receding(a) mean?)
   • reflexive (what does reflexive mean?)
   • self-referent (what does self-referent mean?)
   • retracted (what does retracted mean?)
   • retral (what does retral mean?)
   • retrograde (what does retrograde mean?)
   • retroflex (what does retroflex mean?)
   • retroflexed (what does retroflexed mean?)
   • returning(a) (what does returning(a) mean?)
   • reversive (what does reversive mean?)
   • regardant(ip) (what does regardant(ip) mean?)
   See Also
   • regressive (what does regressive mean?)
   • retrospective (what does retrospective mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
   Usage Example(s)
   • a backward lover
   Antonym(s)
   • forward (what does forward mean?)
   Similar To
   • bashful (what does bashful mean?)
   • blate (what does blate mean?)
   See Also
   • timid (what does timid mean?)
3. Meaning
   • retarded in intellectual development
   Synonym(s)
   • feebleminded (what does feebleminded mean?)
   Similar To
   • retarded (what does retarded mean?)

BACKWARD as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • in or to or toward a past time
   Synonym(s)
   • back (what does back mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • set the clocks back an hour
   • never look back
   • lovers of the past looking fondly backward
   Antonym(s)
   • ahead (what does ahead mean?)
   • forward (what does forward mean?)
   • ahead (what does ahead mean?)
   • forward (what does forward mean?)
2. Meaning
   • at or to or toward the back or rear
   Synonym(s)
   • back (what does back mean?)
   • backwards (what does backwards mean?)
   • rearward (what does rearward mean?)
   • rearwards (what does rearwards mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he moved back
   • tripped when he stepped backward
   • she looked rearward out the window of the car
   Antonym(s)
   • forward (what does forward mean?)
   • forwards (what does forwards mean?)
   • frontward (what does frontward mean?)
   • frontwards (what does frontwards mean?)
   • forrad (what does forrad mean?)
   • forrard (what does forrard mean?)
3. Meaning
   • in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
   Synonym(s)
   • backwards (what does backwards mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • it’’s easy to get the `i” and the `e” backward in words like `seize” and `siege”
   • the child put her jersey on backward