Backward
Pronunciation of Backward
/bˈakwəd/, /bˈakwəd/, /b_ˈa_k_w_ə_d/
Synonyms for backward:
Sense 2
undeveloped, coy, peg leg, simple-minded, lunatic, retiring, diffident, Feeble-minded, Against, maniac, underdeveloped, about, timid, depressed, midget, shy, demure, around, psycho, topsy-turvy, From, underprivileged.
Sense 3
cripple, impoverished, sharp, behind, dull, dwarf, vegetable, reactionary, Weak-minded.
Sense 4
Sense 5
Sense 6
Sense 15
soft.
backward
meek
topsy-turvy
unlettered
bashful (adjective)
demure, unwilling, modest, humble, indisposed, averse, reluctant, timid, shy, loath, retiring, disinclined, late, diffident, reserved.
dull (adjective)
dull.
end (adjective)
back.
fearful (adjective)
ignorant (adjective)
modest (adjective)
rear (adjective)
regressive (adjective)
declining, recessive, regressive, relapsing, backsliding.
restrained (adjective)
reverting (adjective)
slow in growth (adjective)
undeveloped, underprivileged, dull, underdeveloped, Feeble-minded, imbecile.
soft (adjective)
weak-willed.
toward the rear (adjective)
rearward, back, about, behind.
unenlightened (adjective)
unwilling (adjective)
all (adverb)
rearwards, backwards, back, rearward.
back (adverb)
backwards (adverb)
rearwards, back to front.
Sense 2 (noun)
undeveloped, underprivileged, behindhand, underdeveloped, unenlightened, late.
Sense 3 (noun)
topsy-turvy, upturned, upside down, back to front, inside-out.
Sense 4 (noun)
stagnant, retrogressive, dormant, latent, stunted, latency.
Sense 5 (noun)
retiring, humpback, demure, lunatic, madman, madwoman, cabbage, shy, timid, self-effacing, cripple, imbecile, hunchback, coy, diffident, dwarf, modest.
Sense 6 (noun)
primitive, ignorant, benighted.
Sense 7 (noun)
Feeble-minded, soft, dull, simple-minded, Weak-minded, simple.
Sense 8 (noun)
Sense 9 (noun)
impoverished, deprived, depressed, disadvantaged.
Sense 10 (noun)
unprogressive, reactionary, conservative.
backward (noun)
regardant, retral, blate, self-referent, transposed, reversive, reflexive, backswept, feebleminded, rearwards, cacuminal, bashful, retroflex, retroflexed, reversed, backwards, back, converse, sweptback, returning, rearward, retrograde, retracted, receding, reverse, negative, inverse.
dull (noun)
slow-witted, dull, backwards, slow.