| backward | | |
| adj. | 1. backward | directed or facing toward the back or rear.; "a backward view" |
| ~ backswept, sweptback | used of hair. |
| ~ cacuminal, retroflex | pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate. |
| ~ transposed, converse, reversed | turned about in order or relation.; "transposed letters" |
| ~ inverse, reverse | reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect. |
| ~ reverse, rearward | directed or moving toward the rear.; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement" |
| ~ receding | (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back. |
| ~ self-referent, reflexive | referring back to itself. |
| ~ regardant | looking backward. |
| ~ retracted | drawn back and in.; "a cat with retracted claws" |
| ~ retral, retrograde | moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction. |
| ~ retroflex, retroflexed | bent or curved backward. |
| ~ reversive, returning | tending to be turned back. |
| ~ regressive | opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state. |
| ~ retrospective | concerned with or related to the past.; "retrospective self-justification" |
| adj. | 2. backward | (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature.; "a backward lover" |
| ~ blate, bashful | disposed to avoid notice.; "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it" |
| ~ timid | showing fear and lack of confidence. |
| adj. | 3. backward, feebleminded, half-witted, slow-witted | retarded in intellectual development. |
| ~ archaicism, archaism | the use of an archaic expression. |
| ~ retarded | relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development.; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded" |
| adj. | 4. backward | having made less than normal progress.; "an economically backward country" |
| ~ adynamic, undynamic | characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness. |
| adv. | 5. back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards | at or to or toward the back or rear.; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" |
| adv. | 6. backward, backwards | in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal.; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward" |
| adv. | 7. back, backward | in or to or toward a past time.; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" |
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