backward

Meanings

• directed or facing toward the back or rear
  • "a backward view"
• (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
  • "a backward lover"
• retarded in intellectual development
• having made less than normal progress
  • "an economically backward country"
• at or to or toward the back or rear
  • "tripped when he stepped 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"
• in or to or toward a past time
  • "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"

Synonyms

back, backwards, feebleminded, half-witted, rearward, rearwards, slow-witted