Definition for Backward:

• The state behind or past.

Synonyms for Backward:

• adj.

  •back (adjective)
  • tail.
  •bashful (adjective)
  • disinclined,
  • indisposed,
  • sluggish,
  • unwilling,
  • timid,
  • reserved,
  • hesitant,
  • diffident,
  • late,
  • reluctant,
  • tardy,
  • wavering,
  • retiring,
  • humble,
  • hesitating,
  • uneager,
  • demure,
  • loath,
  • shy,
  • modest,
  • averse,
  • afraid.
  •desolate (adjective)
  • godforsaken.
  •dilatory (adjective)
  • lax,
  • Moratory.
  •dull (adjective)
  • dull,
  • not bright,
  • dense.
  •end (adjective)
  • back.
  •fearful (adjective)
  • cowardly.
  •ignorant (adjective)
  • unlearned.
  •late (adjective)
  • tardy,
  • unpunctual,
  • too late,
  • in a bind,
  • held up.
  •limited (adjective)
  • retarded.
  •modest (adjective)
  • self-effacing.
  •procrastinating (adjective)
  • dilatory.
  •rear (adjective)
  • hindermost,
  • retral.
  •regressive (adjective)
  • recessive,
  • regressive,
  • declining,
  • relapsing,
  • backsliding.
  •restrained (adjective)
  • reserved.
  •retrospective (adjective)
  • retroactive.
  •reverting (adjective)
  • retrograde.
  •slow (adjective)
  • impeded.
  •slow in growth (adjective)
  • delayed,
  • arrested,
  • checked,
  • Feeble-minded,
  • subnormal,
  • dense,
  • moronic,
  • undeveloped,
  • underprivileged,
  • imbecile,
  • stupid,
  • underdeveloped,
  • dull.
  •soft (adjective)
  • weak-willed.
  •toward the rear (adjective)
  • about,
  • aback,
  • in reverse,
  • inverted,
  • rearward,
  • back,
  • behind,
  • astern,
  • abaft,
  • turned around.
  •unenlightened (adjective)
  • benighted.
  •unwilling (adjective)
  • indisposed,
  • disinclined,
  • against the grain,
  • unready.

• adv.

  •all (adverb)
  • backwards,
  • back,
  • rearwards,
  • rearward.

• adv

  •back (adverb)
  • backwards,
  • rearward.
  •backwards (adverb)
  • rearwards.

• n.

  •
  • around,
  • aback,
  • outside,
  • behind,
  • progressive,
  • reflex,
  • up,
  • away,
  • about,
  • down,
  • Against,
  • onward.
  •
  • before,
  • already,
  • undeveloped,
  • arrested,
  • late,
  • unenlightened,
  • underdeveloped,
  • underprivileged,
  • delayed,
  • past,
  • once,
  • previously,
  • behindhand,
  • ago.
  •
  • try,
  • upturned,
  • topsy-turvy,
  • upside down,
  • conciliate.
  •
  • latent,
  • latency,
  • stagnation,
  • dormant,
  • stunted,
  • retrogressive,
  • precede,
  • slowly,
  • stagnant.
  •
  • madman,
  • madwoman,
  • shy,
  • diffident,
  • hunchback,
  • cripple,
  • dwarf,
  • timid,
  • self-effacing,
  • humpback,
  • imbecile,
  • coy,
  • cabbage,
  • modest,
  • demure,
  • retiring,
  • lunatic,
  • restraint.
  •
  • ignorant,
  • benighted,
  • primitive,
  • knowledge.
  •
  • dull,
  • simple,
  • soft,
  • simple-minded,
  • Weak-minded,
  • ability,
  • Feeble-minded.
  •
  • lagging.
  •
  • disadvantaged,
  • impoverished,
  • deprived,
  • rich,
  • depressed.
  •
  • politics,
  • conservative,
  • unprogressive,
  • reactionary.
  •backward (noun)
  • regardant,
  • inverse,
  • backwards,
  • retroflexed,
  • rearwards,
  • backswept,
  • reverse,
  • cacuminal,
  • blate,
  • retral,
  • reversed,
  • back,
  • negative,
  • receding,
  • transposed,
  • rearward,
  • retracted,
  • retrograde,
  • reflexive,
  • self-referent,
  • sweptback,
  • retroflex,
  • reversive,
  • returning,
  • bashful,
  • converse,
  • feebleminded.
  •dull (noun)
  • dim-witted,
  • dumb,
  • backwards,
  • subnormal,
  • dense,
  • slow-witted,
  • dim,
  • thick,
  • slow,
  • stupid,
  • sluggish,
  • retarded,
  • unintelligent,
  • moronic,
  • dull.
  •retiring (noun)
  • reserved,
  • shy,
  • humble.
  •reversed (noun)
  • inverted.
  •worse (noun)
  • extraordinary,
  • worse,
  • pale,
  • inferior,
  • worst,
  • degenerate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • deprived,
  • nutter,
  • hunchback,
  • madwoman,
  • imbecile,
  • self-effacing,
  • sideward,
  • latent,
  • lagging,
  • dormant,
  • disadvantaged,
  • onward,
  • outward-bound,
  • unenlightened,
  • outside,
  • stunted,
  • stagnant,
  • latency,
  • outbound,
  • up,
  • away,
  • retrogressive,
  • unprogressive,
  • frontward,
  • cowardly,
  • over,
  • cabbage,
  • upturned,
  • benighted,
  • spastic,
  • humpback,
  • late,
  • down,
  • madman,
  • errant.
  •
  • depressed,
  • midget,
  • undeveloped,
  • diffident,
  • shy,
  • around,
  • demure,
  • retiring,
  • coy,
  • lunatic,
  • simple-minded,
  • topsy-turvy,
  • From,
  • underdeveloped,
  • underprivileged,
  • psycho,
  • Against,
  • Feeble-minded,
  • timid,
  • about.
  •
  • impoverished,
  • vegetable,
  • dwarf,
  • behind,
  • cripple,
  • reactionary,
  • Weak-minded,
  • dull.
  •
  • conservative,
  • ignorant.
  •
  • modest,
  • primitive.
  •
  • simple,
  • weak.
  •
  • soft.
  •backward
  • behindhand.
  •meek
  • humble.
  •topsy-turvy
  • upside down.
  •unlettered
  • unlearned.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dim,
  • after time,
  • arrows,
  • hinder,
  • deprived,
  • retroactive,
  • foolish,
  • degenerate,
  • mongoloid,
  • reminiscently,
  • Invaginated,
  • outbound,
  • reference,
  • hung up,
  • sheepish,
  • unimaginative,
  • slack,
  • coarse,
  • lager,
  • unhewn,
  • unresponsive,
  • down,
  • plus sign,
  • regression,
  • contrarily,
  • belated,
  • inaccessible,
  • comma,
  • blind,
  • Dull-witted,
  • undemonstrative,
  • try,
  • mounting,
  • cretinous,
  • Self-restrained,
  • in embryo,
  • incompetent,
  • remiss,
  • go back,
  • Unlabored,
  • madman,
  • streaming,
  • imbecilic,
  • constrained,
  • balking,
  • rear,
  • inexperienced,
  • drifting,
  • unassured,
  • round,
  • unexpansive,
  • chiastic,
  • self-effacing,
  • delayed,
  • rising,
  • averse,
  • out of it,
  • receding,
  • asterisk,
  • vacillant,
  • reflex,
  • ignore,
  • veering,
  • Mentally Handicapped,
  • Unfashioned,
  • lingering,
  • counterclockwise,
  • shuffling,
  • simple-minded,
  • quash,
  • around,
  • guarded,
  • cloddish,
  • fall,
  • quiet,
  • distant,
  • standpat,
  • retrogress,
  • mindless,
  • unapproachable,
  • withdraw,
  • bovine,
  • frigid,
  • involuntary,
  • barbarian,
  • unpolished,
  • retiring,
  • afraid,
  • Contango,
  • hunchback,
  • exclamation point,
  • idiotic,
  • patronage,
  • retrospectively,
  • ignorant,
  • held up,
  • reticent,
  • degeneration,
  • impoverished,
  • obstructed,
  • hyphen,
  • tilde,
  • up,
  • standoff,
  • rotary,
  • unworked,
  • annotation,
  • maundering,
  • Regressively,
  • Palindromic,
  • perfunctory,
  • unfinished,
  • diffident,
  • soft,
  • stupid,
  • nutter,
  • lunatic,
  • reversal,
  • backwoods,
  • inversely,
  • single quote,
  • Lateward,
  • question mark,
  • hachure,
  • widdershins,
  • modest,
  • retract,
  • Plunging,
  • pound sign,
  • feebleminded,
  • hesitant,
  • rudimentary,
  • removed,
  • imbecile,
  • support,
  • reluctant,
  • stolid,
  • about,
  • axial,
  • medieval,
  • preterite,
  • encouragement,
  • awkward,
  • rearwards,
  • half-witted,
  • dormant,
  • checked,
  • contrariwise,
  • lax,
  • retire,
  • rough,
  • cacuminal,
  • rude,
  • hesitating,
  • double quotes,
  • ungenial,
  • spastic,
  • knowledge,
  • half-baked,
  • retroflex,
  • indisposed,
  • burbling,
  • behind time,
  • reversed,
  • Detained,
  • fall behind,
  • unrefined,
  • in the rough,
  • chilly,
  • unlearned,
  • hindermost,
  • politics,
  • retracted,
  • Refluent,
  • indifferent,
  • unwilling,
  • serotine,
  • head over heels,
  • squeamish,
  • Dallying,
  • aft,
  • Vacillatory,
  • Driveling,
  • reserved,
  • disinclined,
  • easygoing,
  • loth,
  • restive,
  • impeded,
  • retrogression,
  • underdeveloped,
  • chary,
  • crude,
  • uninformed,
  • in a bind,
  • postern,
  • Aversely,
  • conversely,
  • in reply,
  • downward,
  • unformed,
  • wanting,
  • ultraconservative,
  • midget,
  • simpleminded,
  • dumb,
  • tardily,
  • babbling,
  • benighted,
  • narrow,
  • unenthusiastic,
  • transposed,
  • backwardness,
  • die-hard,
  • backing,
  • ex post facto,
  • Sublineation,
  • tail,
  • coy,
  • thick,
  • stunted,
  • dunderheaded,
  • timid,
  • pale,
  • roughhewn,
  • before,
  • sluggish,
  • unconsenting,
  • room,
  • retrograde,
  • stopped,
  • expressionless,
  • counter-clockwise,
  • against the grain,
  • in reverse,
  • simple,
  • discreet,
  • latent,
  • leave,
  • remote,
  • Everted,
  • rotatory,
  • poor,
  • primitive,
  • running,
  • rearward,
  • Fro,
  • mirror,
  • stagnation,
  • uncut,
  • contrary,
  • behind,
  • at last,
  • reflexive,
  • set back,
  • cracked,
  • moronic,
  • lagging,
  • latitude,
  • vice versa,
  • slowly,
  • semicolon,
  • to the rear,
  • mentally deficient,
  • dash,
  • slow,
  • frosty,
  • hidebound,
  • returning,
  • Recidivation,
  • worse,
  • again,
  • ultimately,
  • Unblown,
  • tentative,
  • unassuming,
  • Retroverted,
  • defective,
  • rotational,
  • aloof,
  • preservative,
  • suppressed,
  • aftermost,
  • subdued,
  • postponed,
  • unintelligent,
  • restraint,
  • Rudimental,
  • setback,
  • self-controlled,
  • over,
  • gormless,
  • opaque,
  • apathetic,
  • Unlicked,
  • upturned,
  • hindmost,
  • Backwardly,
  • untimely,
  • balky,
  • impersonal,
  • cowardly,
  • backup,
  • inverted,
  • upward,
  • roughcast,
  • reversive,
  • madwoman,
  • bottom side up,
  • latish,
  • posthumous,
  • outside,
  • flying,
  • Against,
  • stagnant,
  • Arear,
  • humble,
  • godforsaken,
  • early,
  • laager,
  • topsy-turvy,
  • overdue,
  • not all there,
  • Italics,
  • equals sign,
  • underlining,
  • Backwardation,
  • cedilla,
  • untreated,
  • fastidious,
  • evade,
  • weak-willed,
  • back,
  • depressed,
  • simplistic,
  • dense,
  • deterioration,
  • recall,
  • percent sign,
  • detached,
  • disadvantaged,
  • fluent,
  • barbarous,
  • inverse,
  • quotation marks,
  • backswept,
  • slow-witted,
  • chilled,
  • tardy,
  • Feeble-minded,
  • delayed action,
  • standoffish,
  • dillydallying,
  • backwards,
  • blocked,
  • Procrastinatory,
  • sweptback,
  • shy,
  • relapse,
  • uncultured,
  • behind the times,
  • after,
  • slashes,
  • self-referent,
  • late,
  • Moratory,
  • ago,
  • postpone,
  • introverted,
  • old fashioned,
  • secede,
  • embryonic,
  • cripple,
  • slowed down,
  • shelve,
  • cabbage,
  • defer,
  • lapse,
  • jotting,
  • subnormal,
  • curly brackets,
  • in answer,
  • Unaffable,
  • jammed,
  • dwarf,
  • Delaying,
  • once,
  • blockish,
  • shy of,
  • remove,
  • arrested,
  • Parentheses,
  • psycho,
  • opposite,
  • retroflexed,
  • precede,
  • dull,
  • later,
  • rushing,
  • blank,
  • mentally ill,
  • mentally defective,
  • supporter,
  • already,
  • past,
  • old-line,
  • blaze,
  • previously,
  • weak,
  • soaring,
  • undeveloped,
  • bigoted,
  • uncongenial,
  • dim-witted,
  • cancel,
  • braces,
  • foot-dragging,
  • time was,
  • passe,
  • ampersand,
  • draw,
  • cretinistic,
  • Since,
  • opposed to change,
  • deficient,
  • unhurried,
  • brackets,
  • wavering,
  • Refusing,
  • dithering,
  • repugnant,
  • unassertive,
  • onward,
  • withdrawn,
  • outward-bound,
  • disengage,
  • stop,
  • flowing,
  • extraordinary,
  • uncultivated,
  • aback,
  • inversed,
  • conciliate,
  • passing,
  • rich,
  • blate,
  • crackbrained,
  • reductive,
  • languid,
  • astern,
  • following,
  • Hyperbatic,
  • anticlockwise,
  • offish,
  • gyrational,
  • slobbering,
  • laggard,
  • Capsized,
  • aid,
  • sinking,
  • childish,
  • icy,
  • heels over head,
  • carat,
  • cool,
  • feeble,
  • progressive,
  • uneager,
  • retral,
  • dilatory,
  • in abeyance,
  • recede,
  • impassive,
  • negative,
  • sideward,
  • lackadaisical,
  • Resupinate,
  • latency,
  • loath,
  • vegetable,
  • ability,
  • retrad,
  • unwillingly,
  • away,
  • Weak-minded,
  • cold,
  • reverse,
  • upside down,
  • reductionistic,
  • wrong-way,
  • reactionary,
  • recidivism,
  • belatedly,
  • Loitering,
  • worst,
  • at length,
  • retrospective,
  • obtuse,
  • repressed,
  • blithering,
  • adjourn,
  • unprogressive,
  • posterior,
  • abaft,
  • unready,
  • adverse,
  • period,
  • From,
  • unenlightened,
  • Gyratory,
  • unwrought,
  • restrained,
  • fogyish,
  • regardant,
  • converse,
  • Posteriorly,
  • retroactively,
  • Drooling,
  • elude,
  • descending,
  • turned around,
  • Renitent,
  • easy going,
  • unpunctual,
  • regress,
  • doltish,
  • going,
  • humpback,
  • withershins,
  • Procrastinating,
  • thickheaded,
  • behindhand,
  • not bright,
  • inferior,
  • fail,
  • crazy,
  • demure,
  • retrograde motion,
  • counter,
  • right-wing,
  • crass,
  • retarded,
  • Restiff,
  • note,
  • lazy,
  • leeway,
  • Demurring,
  • unprocessed,
  • apostrophe,
  • struggling,
  • forward slash,
  • abandon,
  • ascending,
  • shrinking,
  • scrupulous,
  • cut,
  • Retrogressively,
  • frontward,
  • not with it,
  • conservative,
  • underprivileged,
  • grudging,
  • bashful,
  • retrogressive,
  • hind,
  • back when,
  • square,
  • oversimple,
  • opposed,
  • forbidding,
  • nonprogressive,
  • errant,
  • colon,
  • rearmost,
  • dislike,
  • boeotian,
  • tergiversation,
  • too late.

Antonyms for Backward:

• adj.

  • all
    forward.
  • slow in growth
    developed.
  • toward the rear
    developing, ahead, smart, aggressive, unshy, forward, fast, intelligent, precocious.
  • Other antonyms:
    dashing, convivial, clubbable, gregarious, bold, uninhibited, favorable, inclined, extroverted, disposed, boon, social, dynamic, willing, dynamical, nervy, immodest, outgoing, sociable, unreserved, companionable, desirous, eager, forceful.

• adv.

  • all
    ahead, forward.

Homophones for Backward:

• bighearted, biserrate, buzzword, base rate, beograd, backsword, beggarweed, biohazard, buzzard, begird, bewhiskered, back-geared, baccarat, bogart, backyard, bus route, bigarade, bucerotidae.