Backward

Antonyms for backward:

dynamic, forward, developed, precocious, ahead, nervy, smart.

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

conservative, ignorant.

Sense 5

modest, primitive.

Sense 6

simple, weak.

Sense 15

soft.

backward

behindhand.

meek

humble.

topsy-turvy

upside down.

unlettered

unlearned.

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)

cowardly.

ignorant (adjective)

unlearned.

modest (adjective)

self-effacing.

rear (adjective)

retral.

regressive (adjective)

declining, recessive, regressive, relapsing, backsliding.

restrained (adjective)

reserved.

reverting (adjective)

retrograde.

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)

benighted.

unwilling (adjective)

disinclined, indisposed.

all (adverb)

rearwards, backwards, back, rearward.

back (adverb)

backwards, rearward.

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)

lagging.

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.

retiring (noun)

shy, reserved, humble.

Usage examples for backward:

• It may at first sight seem strange that society, while constantly moving forward with eager speed, should be constantly looking backward with tender regret. - "The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)", Thomas Babington Macaulay.