backward

Speech parts

1. backward - Noun

2. backward - Adjective

3. backward - Verb

4. backward - Adverb

6. backward - Adjective Satellite

Alt. of Backwards

Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.

Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.

Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.

Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.

Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.

Already past or gone; bygone.

The state behind or past.

To keep back; to hinder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

rearward back primitive retrograde slow-witted backwards rearwards half-witted feebleminded in reverse old-fashioned slack mongoloid coy loth

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forward forwards supreme bow-wow time modern

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drawback

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. James Thurber

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see. Winston Churchill

The historian is a prophet looking backward. Friedrich Schlegel

If I see an ending, I can work backward. Arthur Miller

The winter does not leave without a backward glance. Finnish Proverb

The winter does not go without looking backward. Finnish Proverb