backward (Meaning)
backward (a)
directed or facing toward the back or rear
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
backward (s)
retarded in intellectual development
having made less than normal progress
backward (r)
at or to or toward the back or rear
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
in or to or toward a past time
backward (adv.)
Alt. of Backwards
backward (a.)
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.
backward (n.)
The state behind or past.
backward (v. i.)
To keep back; to hinder.
Synonyms & Antonyms of backward
Synonyms:
- sternforemost
- withershins
- widdershins
- left-handed
- retrograde
- reversely
- counterclockwise
- anticlockwise
- astern
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
backward Sentence Examples
- Mirror, mirror on the wall, show me myself backward.
- Cats love to play backward with their tails.
- The river flows backward due to a dam's construction.
- Time seems to move backward when I reminisce about the past.
- The clock's hands turned backward as if rewinding.
- The sentence "The sky is blue" is "eulb si yks ehT" backward.
- The car reversed backward out of the driveway.
- The story has an unexpected twist backward at the end.
- I play backward with the words to create a new language.
- The film runs backward to show how events led to the present.
FAQs About the word backward
directed or facing toward the back or rear, (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature, retarded in intellectual development, having made les
back, rearwards, rearward,, sternforemost, withershins, widdershins, left-handed, retrograde, reversely
along, forth,forward, ahead, on, on, forward, along, ahead, forth
Mirror, mirror on the wall, show me myself backward.
Cats love to play backward with their tails.
The river flows backward due to a dam's construction.
Time seems to move backward when I reminisce about the past.
