backward

Speech parts

1. backward - Noun

2. backward - Adjective

3. backward - Verb

4. backward - Adverb

6. backward - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

Synonyms

rearward back retrograde backwards late behind reverse primitive reversed obsolete tardy slow-witted behindhand rearwards half-witted
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Antonyms

forward forwards supreme bow-wow time modern
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Phrases with the word

big step backward backward deviation fall over backward lean over backward move backward moving backward

Anagrams

drawback

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

backveld backvelder backwall backward and forward backward class backward compatibility