Backward

/ˈbæk.wə(ɹ)d/

Synonyms for "backward" (404 found)

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Closest matches (81)

a prioria reboursa reculonsabout afraid aft afterafter timeaftermost againagainst the grainago aloof anticlockwise apathetic arear around arrested arsy-varsy ascending

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ass backwardsass over elbowsass-backwards astern averse away axial babbling backback whenback-flowingback-to-frontbackwards balking balky barbarian barbarous bashful behindbehind the timesbehind timebehindhand belated belatedly benighted bigoted blank blind blithering blockedbottom side upbottom upburbling capsized chary checked chiastic childish chilled chilly coarse cold conservative constrained contrarily contrariwise conversely cool counter counterclockwise coy crackbrained cracked

Adverb(3 words)

aback back backwards

Adjective(2 words)

back conservative

Adjective(1 words)

back to front

Noun(2 words)

backslidingcount backward

Strong matches (121)

crazy cretinistic cretinous crude dallyingdeep intodefective delayed delayed-action delaying demure descending detached detaineddie harddie-hard diffident dilatory dillydallying dim

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dim-witted discreet disinclined distant dithering down-trending downward drifting driveling drooling dull dumb early easygoing embryonic evertedex post factoexpressionlessfar onfeeble feebleminded flowing fluent flying fogyishfoot draggingfoot-dragging forbidding frigid fro frosty goinggone bygrudging guarded gyrational gyratoryhalf bakedhalf-baked half-wittedhead over heelsheels over headheld uphesitant hidebound hind hinder hindermost hindhand hindmost hindward hindwardshung uphyperbatic icy idiotic ignorant imbecile imbecilic impassive impeded impersonalin a bindin abeyancein embryoin ovoin reversein the roughinaccessible indifferent indisposedinside outinto the pastintroverted invaginated inversed inversely inverted jammed lackadaisical laggard lagging late latish lax lazy lingering loath loitering maundering medievalmentally defectivementally deficientmentally handicappedmentally retarded

Adjective(2 words)

datedin reverse

Adjective(4 words)

feebleminded half-witted hind lagging

Related words (202)

micawberish modest mongoloid moratory moronic mounting narrownever on timenone too soonnonprogressivenot all thereobstructed obtuse offishold lineold-fashioned old-fogyish old-line olympian opaque

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opposed to changeoutside inover overdue oversimple palindromic passing perfunctory plunging poor posterior posteriorly postern preservative procrastinating procrastinative procrastinatory progressive quiet reactionary rear rearmost rearward rearwards reductionistic reductive reflex reflowing refluent regressive reluctant reminiscently remiss remote removed renitent repressed reserved restive restrained resupinate retarded reticent retiring retrad retral retroactive retroactively retrograde retrogressive retrospective retrospectively retroverted reverse reversedright wingright-wing rising rotary rotational rotatory rough roughcast roughhewn roundround aboutrude rudimental rudimentary running rushing self-effacingset backshrinking shuffling shy sideward simple simpleminded simpletonian simplistic since sinking slack slobbering slowslow toslow-wittedslowed downsluggish soaring standoff standoffish standpat stopped streaming struggling stunted stupid subdued subnormal suppressed tail tailward tailwards tardy thickheaded timidto the reartopsy-turvy transposedturned aroundultraconservative unaffable unapproachable unassertive unassured unblown uncongenial uncultivated uncultured uncut undemonstrative underdeveloped undeveloped uneager unenlightened unenthusiastic unexpansive unfashioned unfinished unformed ungenial unhewn uninformed unlabored unlicked unpolished unprocessed unprogressive unpunctual unready unrefined untimely untreated unwilling unworked unwrought unzealous up-trendingupside downupside-down upwardvice versawiddershins withdrawnwrong side outwrong-waywrong-way around

Adjective(9 words)

moral regressionoutdated posterior rearward retrorserural familiesslow-witted underdevelopedundeveloped society

Noun(5 words)

neandertalopposite push directionretractingretrograde periodupstage

Adjective(4 words)

obsolete past primitive reversedly

Adverb(2 words)

rearward rearwards

Verb(3 words)

retrod retrogressing upstages

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

adverbdescriptive adjectivedirectional adjectiveword class

More specific

4 entries

backwards hindmostlagging regionold fashioned thinking

Collocations

9 entries

backward compatibilitybackward glancebackward motionbackward stepbackward thinkingbackward-lookinglook backwardmove backwardstep backward

Inflections

2 entries

more backwardmost backward

Derivations

2 entries

backwardly backwardness

Antonyms

2 entries

forward

similar

29 entries

adynamic backswept bashful blate cacuminal converse inverse rearward receding reflexive regardant regressive reserved retarded retracted retral

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Translations

103 translations across 39 languages.

Bashkir

1 entries

артҡа adv (in the direction towards the back)

Bulgarian

3 entries

назад adj (in the direction towards the back)
обратно adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
назад adv (in the direction towards the back)

Catalan

2 entries

retrògrad adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
enrere adv (in the direction towards the back)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏏᏂ adv (in the direction towards the back)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

逆向 adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
向後 /向后 adv (in the direction towards the back)
往後 /往后 adv (in the direction towards the back)
朝後 /朝后 adv (in the direction towards the back)

Czech

4 entries

vzad adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
dozadu adv (in the direction towards the back)
vzad adv (in the direction towards the back)
zpátky adv (in the direction towards the back)

Dutch

3 entries

achteruit adj (in the direction towards the back)
achteruit adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
naar achteren adj (in the direction towards the back)

Esperanto

1 entries

malantaŭen adj (in the direction towards the back)

Farefare

1 entries

abilimpoore adv (in the direction towards the back)

Finnish

4 entries

peruuttava adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
taakse adj (in the direction towards the back)
taaksepäin suuntautuva adj (in the direction towards the back)
takaperoinen adj (in the direction towards the back)

French

3 entries

en arrière adj (in the direction towards the back)
en arrière adv (in the direction towards the back)
à reculons adv (in the direction towards the back)

Galician

2 entries

de costas adv (in the direction towards the back)
para atrás adv (in the direction towards the back)

German

4 entries

nach hinten adj (in the direction towards the back)
rückwärts adj (in the direction towards the back)
rückwärts adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
zurück adj (in the direction towards the back)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌺𐍃 adj (in the direction towards the back)

Greek

2 entries

ανάποδος adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
πίσω adv (in the direction towards the back)

Hungarian

4 entries

hátra adj (in the direction towards the back)
vissza adj (in the direction towards the back)
hátra adv (in the direction towards the back)
hátrafelé adv (in the direction towards the back)

Icelandic

3 entries

aftur adj (in the direction towards the back)
aftur á bak adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
aftur á bak adv (in the direction towards the back)

Ingrian

1 entries

takaperin adv (in the direction towards the back)

Irish

4 entries

ar gcúl adj (in the direction towards the back)
ar gcúl adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
siar adj (in the direction towards the back)
siar adj (in the direction reverse of normal)

Italian

2 entries

indietro adj (in the direction towards the back)
retromarcia adj (in the direction reverse of normal)

Jamaican Creole

2 entries

back adj (in the direction towards the back)
backway adj (in the direction reverse of normal)

Japanese

2 entries

後ろへ adv (in the direction towards the back)
後方へ adv (in the direction towards the back)

Latin

2 entries

retrōrsum adv (in the direction towards the back)
rūrsum adv (in the direction towards the back)

Malayalam

1 entries

പുറകോട്ട് adv (in the direction towards the back)

Mongolian

4 entries

аранш adv (in the direction towards the back)
араншаа adv (in the direction towards the back)
хойш adv (in the direction towards the back)
хойшоо adv (in the direction towards the back)

Māori

1 entries

whakamuri adj (in the direction towards the back)

Occitan

1 entries

en rèire adv (in the direction towards the back)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

възнакъ adv (in the direction towards the back)

Polish

4 entries

do tyłu adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
w tył adj (in the direction towards the back)
w tył adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
do tyłu adv (in the direction towards the back)

Portuguese

3 entries

atrás adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
de volta adj (in the direction towards the back)
para trás adv (in the direction towards the back)

Romanian

4 entries

către spate adj (in the direction towards the back)
regresiv adj (in the direction towards the back)
spre-napoi adj (in the direction towards the back)
înapoi adj (in the direction towards the back)

Russian

4 entries

наза́д adj (in the direction towards the back)
обра́тно adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
наза́д adv (in the direction towards the back)
обра́тно adv (in the direction towards the back)

Spanish

3 entries

retrógrado adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
atrás adv (in the direction towards the back)
hacia atrás adv (in the direction towards the back)

Swedish

2 entries

baklänges adj (in the direction reverse of normal)
bakåt adj (in the direction reverse of normal)

Tagalog

1 entries

patalikod adv (in the direction towards the back)

Turkish

1 entries

geri adj (in the direction towards the back)

Tuvan

1 entries

дедир adv (in the direction towards the back)

Ukrainian

1 entries

наза́д adv (in the direction towards the back)

Vietnamese

1 entries

ngược lại adv (in the direction towards the back)

Sample sentences

46 total sentences available.

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The dog walked backward.

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Social conditions are going backward rather than forward.

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The actress fell backward over the stage.

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He fell backward.

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