Word: Backward
How to pronounce: ˈbækwəd
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Directed behind or to the rear.
Example sentences: "She left the room without a backward glance"
2. Having made less than normal progress.
Adverb
Definitions:
1. (of a movement) away from one's front; in the direction of one's back.
Example sentences: "He took a step backward"
2. Toward or into the past.
Synonyms:
outdated
rearward
rearwards
retrograde
reverse
round
antediluvian
Antonyms:
advanced
Derivations:
backwardness
back
backwater
backwardation
backwards
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Backward in Other Languages...
Spanish: Atrasado
German: Rückwärts
French: Arriéré
Italian: Indietro
Turkish: Gerici
