BACKWARDS as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • at or to or toward the back or rear
   Synonym(s)
   • back (what does back mean?)
   • backward (what does backward 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?)
2. Meaning
   • in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
   Synonym(s)
   • backward (what does backward 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