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backward Definition

• (a) directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"
• (a) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"
• (r) 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"
• (r) 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"
• (r) in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
• (s) retarded in intellectual development

backward Synonyms

• back
• backward
• backwards
• feebleminded
• rearward
• rearwards