Unscramble backward

Definition of backward

adjective:

• directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view". Antonyms: forward.
• (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover". Antonyms: forward.
• retarded in intellectual development. Synonyms: feebleminded, half-witted, slow-witted.
• having made less than normal progress; "an economically backward country".

adverb:

• 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". Synonyms: back, backwards, rearward, rearwards. Antonyms: forward.
• 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". Synonyms: backwards.
• in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour", "never look back", "lovers of the past looking fondly backward". Synonyms: back. Antonyms: ahead, forward.

Words nearby

backwards, backyard.