backwards (Meaning)
backwards (r)
at or to or toward the back or rear
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
backwards (adv.)
With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
On the back, or with the back downward.
Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
By way of reflection; reflexively.
From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.
Synonyms & Antonyms of backwards
Synonyms:
- widdershins
- astern
- left-handed
- anticlockwise
- withershins
- counterclockwise
- reversely
- retrograde
- sternforemost
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
backwards Sentence Examples
- No danger, I stressed backward.
- The EMT swiftly reversed the bed.
- Do not trade places backward.
- Was it I who sowed the drawer?
- Her cries echoed desolately backward.
- The clock ticked relentlessly backward.
- Did you ever intend to sleep drawkcab?
- Crime led him down a treacherous path backward.
- The cat's tail swayed nimbly backward.
- The ship set sail, its sails billowing backward in the wind.
FAQs About the word backwards
at or to or toward the back or rear, in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normalWith the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward., Toward
back, rearward, rearwards,, widdershins,astern, left-handed, anticlockwise, withershins, counterclockwise
forward, along, on, forth, on, along, ahead, ahead, forth, forward
No danger, I stressed backward.
The EMT swiftly reversed the bed.
Do not trade places backward.
Was it I who sowed the drawer?
