Definition:
- (adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
- (adv.) Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
- (adv.) On the back, or with the back downward.
- (adv.) Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
- (adv.) By way of reflection; reflexively.
- (adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
- (adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.
Compare backwards with other words:
backwards vs. caudad
backwards vs. retrocedent
backwards vs. reflexed
backwards vs. reciprocating
arrear vs. backwards
backwards vs. reverted
backwards vs. retroflex
backwards vs. reflux
backwards vs. reciprocate
backstitch vs. backwards
backwards vs. reversedly
backwards vs. contrariwise
backwards vs. rearward
backwards vs. hindwards
backwards vs. opposite
backwards vs. topple
backwards vs. poor
backwards vs. incompetent
backwards vs. fumbling
backwards vs. obsolete
backwards vs. dated
backwards vs. crude
backwards vs. switched
backwards vs. inefficient
backwards vs. inept
backwards vs. current
backslide vs. backwards
backwards vs. sternway
backwards vs. retrogress
backwards vs. retrospective
backhander vs. backwards
backwards vs. flipper
backwards vs. primitive
backward vs. backwards
backwards vs. reverse
backwards vs. forward
awkward vs. backwards
backwards vs. retrograde
backwards vs. palindrome
back vs. backwards
aback vs. backwards