Backward

Definition:

  • (adv.) Alt. of Backwards
  • (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
  • (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
  • (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
  • (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
  • (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
  • (a.) Already past or gone; bygone.
  • (n.) The state behind or past.
  • (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.

Compare backward with other words:

backward vs. ward

backward vs. foreward

backward vs. recurvation

backward vs. scizorhinal

backward vs. heterodactylous

arear vs. backward

backward vs. passade

backward vs. retrorse

backcast vs. backward

after vs. backward

backward vs. limitation

backward vs. backwash

backward vs. tenebrose

backward vs. backwardness

backward vs. caveman

backward vs. manx

backward vs. whiplash

backward vs. transition

backward vs. irreversible

backhanded vs. backward

backward vs. fro

backward vs. forwards

backward vs. backwards

backward vs. progressive

backward vs. retrograde

backward vs. batsman

backward vs. behind

backward vs. field

backward vs. value

backward vs. thought

backward vs. unsophisticated

backward vs. undeveloped

backward vs. culture

advance vs. backward

backward vs. unable

backward vs. reverse

backward vs. normal

backward vs. forward

ayenward vs. backward

backward vs. smart

backward vs. barbarian

backward vs. swing

back vs. backward

backward vs. cut

backward vs. retarded

backward vs. octothorpe