BACKWARD
/ˈbæk.wə(ɹ)d/ ► audio Scrabble 20 Words With Friends 22
Definition
- adverb at or to or toward the back or rear.
— synonyms: back, backwards, rearward, rearwards
- adverb in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal.
— synonyms: backwards
- adverb in or to or toward a past time.
— synonyms: back
- adjective directed or facing toward the back or rear.
- adjective (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature.
- adjective retarded in intellectual development.
— synonyms: half-witted, slow-witted, feebleminded
- adjective having made less than normal progress.
Examples
- “They left without a backward glance.”
- “The occasional backward movement of planets is evidence they revolve around the sun.”
- “a backward child”
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