Definition of Backward

Adjective

  • having made less than normal progress
    "an economically backward country"
  • retarded in intellectual development
    - half witted - slow witted
  • (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
    "a backward lover"
  • directed or facing toward the back or rear
    "a backward view"

Adverb

  • in or to or toward a past time
    "set the clocks back an hour"
    "never look back"
    "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
  • in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
    "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"
    "the child put her jersey on backward"
  • at or to or toward the back or rear
    "he moved back"
    "tripped when he stepped backward"
    "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

Word games points for the Backward

  • Scrabble® score of the backward (20)
  • Word Chums® score of the backward (26)
  • Words With Friends® score of the backward (22)

Unscramble backward

89 unscramble word found using the letters backward.
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