Synonyms for Backward:

• adj.

  •afraid (adjective)
  • un eager,
  • un-happier,
  • un-happiest,
  • more uneager,
  • un happy,
  • un-happy,
  • un happiest,
  • un-eager,
  • un happier,
  • unhappy,
  • most uneager.
  •all (adjective)
  • backward.
  •back (adjective)
  • Tailer,
  • back of,
  • tail,
  • in the wake of,
  • final.
  •bashful (adjective)
  • loath,
  • tardy,
  • indisposed,
  • averse,
  • disinclined,
  • sluggish,
  • wavering,
  • hesitating.
  •benighted (adjective)
  • un cultured,
  • un cultivated,
  • un-cultured,
  • un-cultivated.
  •cowardly (adjective)
  • yellow-bellied,
  • weak-kneed,
  • no guts,
  • having the willies,
  • lacking courage,
  • Cowhearted,
  • pigeonhearted,
  • Chicken-hearted,
  • softer,
  • running scared.
  •coy (adjective)
  • prudish,
  • kittenish,
  • most rabbity,
  • more rabbity.
  •crude (adjective)
  • ill bred,
  • most cloddish,
  • grodiest,
  • un-skillful,
  • indecent,
  • un gainlier,
  • un-enlightened,
  • un-gainliest,
  • more loud mouthed,
  • most lowbred,
  • more illbred,
  • in-delicate,
  • more lowbred,
  • grodier,
  • most ill bred,
  • in decent,
  • un couth,
  • in-sensible,
  • un-gainly,
  • in sensible,
  • in elegant,
  • un gainliest,
  • most loud-mouthed,
  • in-decent,
  • in-elegant,
  • more cloddish,
  • most ill-bred,
  • un skillful,
  • un-gainlier,
  • more ill bred,
  • most loud mouthed,
  • more barnyard,
  • most illbred,
  • un gainly,
  • loud mouthed,
  • in delicate,
  • oafish,
  • most barnyard,
  • more ill-bred,
  • un enlightened,
  • un-couth,
  • more loud-mouthed.
  •demure (adjective)
  • de-mure,
  • more unassured,
  • strait laced,
  • most unassured,
  • un-assured,
  • de mure,
  • un assured.
  •desolate (adjective)
  • godforsaken.
  •diffident (adjective)
  • in securer,
  • with-drawn,
  • more unpoised,
  • in secure,
  • in securest,
  • dis-trustful,
  • un-obtrusive,
  • un poised,
  • most unpoised,
  • in-secure,
  • most flinching,
  • un sure,
  • more flinching,
  • un-poised,
  • more blenching,
  • Unpoised,
  • un obtrusive,
  • with drawn,
  • in-securest,
  • un-sure,
  • most blenching,
  • dis trustful,
  • in-securer.
  •dilatory (adjective)
  • neglectful,
  • unhasty,
  • Snail-like,
  • Moratory,
  • time-wasting,
  • lax,
  • snaillike.
  •disinclined (adjective)
  • more balking,
  • pro-testing,
  • most shying,
  • most balking,
  • most objecting,
  • un-sympathetic,
  • more sticking,
  • most sticking,
  • dis inclined,
  • more shying,
  • more protesting,
  • anti pathetic,
  • not mood,
  • most protesting,
  • not the mood,
  • more objecting,
  • pro testing,
  • un sympathetic,
  • dis-inclined,
  • not in mood,
  • anti-pathetic.
  •dull (adjective)
  • indolent,
  • witless,
  • not bright,
  • dense,
  • Numskulled,
  • shallow,
  • shallower,
  • unintellectual.
  •fearful (adjective)
  • cowardly.
  •godforsaken (adjective)
  • forgotten,
  • neglected.
  •half-baked (adjective)
  • illconceived,
  • more boneheaded,
  • un-formed,
  • in discreet,
  • more illconceived,
  • half baked,
  • ill conceived,
  • more ill-conceived,
  • halfbaked,
  • in-discreet,
  • most boneheaded,
  • most ill-conceived,
  • short sighted,
  • most illconceived,
  • un formed,
  • more ill conceived,
  • under developed,
  • under-developed,
  • most ill conceived,
  • Sophomoric.
  •hesitant (adjective)
  • in decisive,
  • most faltering,
  • un predictable,
  • Half-hearted,
  • more faltering,
  • un-predictable,
  • more dawdling,
  • most dawdling,
  • in-decisive,
  • doubting,
  • half hearted.
  •hind (adjective)
  • hind.
  •humble (adjective)
  • unpretentious,
  • reverential,
  • unambitious,
  • supplicatory.
  •ignorant (adjective)
  • unlearned.
  •imbecile (adjective)
  • de ranged,
  • de-ranged.
  •indisposed (adjective)
  • un caring,
  • un-caring,
  • most uninclined,
  • in disposed,
  • in-disposed,
  • un inclined,
  • un-inclined,
  • more uninclined.
  •inverted (adjective)
  • up turned,
  • up set,
  • up-turned,
  • up-set.
  •late (adjective)
  • too late,
  • held up,
  • last-minute,
  • out of luck,
  • in a bind,
  • unpunctual,
  • in the lurch,
  • eleventh-hour,
  • latest,
  • missed the boat.
  •overturned (adjective)
  • over turned,
  • over-turned.
  •procrastinating (adjective)
  • dilatory.
  •rear (adjective)
  • hindermost,
  • mizzen,
  • dorsal.
  •regressive (adjective)
  • declining,
  • backsliding,
  • relapsing,
  • recessive.
  •reluctant (adjective)
  • in voluntary,
  • dis heartened,
  • most disheartened,
  • more grudging,
  • most demurring,
  • more demurring,
  • more disheartened,
  • in-voluntary,
  • dis-heartened,
  • most grudging.
  •reserved (adjective)
  • more reclusive,
  • mis anthropic,
  • un approachable,
  • more eremitic,
  • most eremitic,
  • non committal,
  • most uncompanionable,
  • selfcontained,
  • re strained,
  • un companionable,
  • un responsive,
  • un-approachable,
  • un-companionable,
  • close mouthed,
  • self-contained,
  • re-served,
  • mis-anthropic,
  • un-communicative,
  • more uncompanionable,
  • un-responsive,
  • re-strained,
  • self contained,
  • un-demonstrative,
  • re served,
  • un demonstrative.
  •retarded (adjective)
  • most retardo,
  • most yo yo,
  • re tardo,
  • more underachieving,
  • most dumbbell,
  • sub-normal,
  • most lamebrained,
  • most pinhead,
  • yo yo,
  • most dumdum,
  • dummiest,
  • most subnormal,
  • most yo-yo,
  • most numbskull,
  • more yo-yo,
  • under achieving,
  • more pinhead,
  • more yoyo,
  • more numbskull,
  • more yo yo,
  • more subnormal,
  • re-tardo,
  • more dumdum,
  • slowwitted,
  • more dumbo,
  • more gorked,
  • most underachieving,
  • under-achieving,
  • slow witted,
  • sub normal,
  • more lamebrained,
  • more retardo,
  • dummier,
  • most yoyo,
  • more dumbbell,
  • most gorked,
  • most dumbo.
  •retiring (adjective)
  • re-tiring,
  • un affable,
  • with drawing,
  • most nongregarious,
  • most withdrawing,
  • more unexpansive,
  • most unaffable,
  • with-drawing,
  • un-sociable,
  • most unexpansive,
  • non gregarious,
  • more unaffable,
  • more nongregarious,
  • un expansive,
  • more withdrawing,
  • un-expansive,
  • re tiring,
  • un-affable.
  •retrograde (adjective)
  • slipping,
  • catabolic.
  •retrospective (adjective)
  • retroactive.
  •reversed (adjective)
  • more transposed,
  • more everted,
  • trans posed,
  • more regressive,
  • most everted,
  • trans-posed,
  • re versed,
  • re-versed,
  • most contrariwise,
  • most transposed,
  • most regressive,
  • most turned,
  • more turned,
  • more contrariwise.
  •self-controlled (adjective)
  • self controlled,
  • selfcontrolled.
  •self-effacing (adjective)
  • most unboastful,
  • more unboastful,
  • selfeffacing,
  • re signed,
  • un boastful,
  • un presuming,
  • un-boastful,
  • most unpresuming,
  • more unpresuming,
  • re-signed,
  • un-presuming,
  • self effacing.
  •self-restrained (adjective)
  • self restrained,
  • selfrestrained.
  •shy (adjective)
  • more unsocial,
  • un social,
  • un-effusive,
  • more introvert,
  • most unsocial,
  • un-social,
  • most uneffusive,
  • un effusive,
  • most introvert,
  • introvert,
  • more uneffusive.
  •simple (adjective)
  • nitwitted,
  • Soft-headed,
  • uneducated,
  • halfwitted,
  • softheaded.
  •slow (adjective)
  • slowest,
  • impeded,
  • slow on the uptake,
  • gradual,
  • slow on uptake,
  • draggy,
  • time-consuming,
  • long delayed,
  • long-delayed.
  •slow in growth (adjective)
  • checked.
  •soft (adjective)
  • weak-willed.
  •tardy (adjective)
  • most procrastinating,
  • not done,
  • more procrastinating.
  •tentative (adjective)
  • un decided,
  • un-decided.
  •toward the rear (adjective)
  • abaft,
  • astern,
  • aback.
  •unassuming (adjective)
  • un assuming,
  • un-assuming,
  • most unpretending,
  • unassuming,
  • unpretending,
  • un pretending,
  • un-pretending,
  • more unpretending.
  •undeveloped (adjective)
  • unevolved,
  • unactualized,
  • incipient.
  •unlearned (adjective)
  • un learned,
  • most untutored,
  • un versed,
  • un civilized,
  • un tutored,
  • un-versed,
  • un-schooled,
  • un-tutored,
  • un schooled,
  • un-learned,
  • un-civilized,
  • un-scholarly,
  • un scholarly,
  • more untutored.
  •unprogressive (adjective)
  • most checked,
  • under privileged,
  • un-progressive,
  • un progressive,
  • under-privileged,
  • more checked.
  •unwilling (adjective)
  • uncheerful,
  • against the grain,
  • unready,
  • unobliging,
  • unwishful,
  • unaccommodating.
  •upside-down (adjective)
  • helterskelter,
  • mixedup,
  • most bottom-side-up,
  • in disarray,
  • downsideup,
  • helter skelter,
  • more downside-up,
  • up-ended,
  • wrong side up,
  • up ended,
  • dis-ordered,
  • most downside-up,
  • more downsideup,
  • upsidedown,
  • more wrong side up,
  • more wrong-side-up,
  • topsy turvy,
  • most downsideup,
  • more upended,
  • most downside up,
  • more bottom side up,
  • more downside up,
  • most wrong-side-up,
  • most wrong side up,
  • most upended,
  • more bottom-side-up,
  • dis ordered,
  • most bottom side up,
  • haywire,
  • downside up.
  •vacillant (adjective)
  • shillyshally.
  •vacillatory (adjective)
  • Vacillatory.

• adv

  •backwards (adverb)
  • toward the rear.
  •late (adverb)
  • Dilatorily.

• adv.

  •all (adverb)
  • backwards,
  • rearwards,
  • back.
  •backwards (adverb)
  • back front,
  • toward rear.
  •behind (adverb)
  • laggard,
  • be lated,
  • have play catch up,
  • be-lated,
  • over-due,
  • in arrears,
  • over due.
  •tardily (adverb)
  • tardily.

• n.

  •
  • at one time,
  • previously,
  • unenlightened,
  • already,
  • once,
  • one day,
  • delayed,
  • past,
  • before,
  • ago,
  • arrested.
  •
  • try,
  • conciliate,
  • face downward,
  • face down,
  • be fair,
  • upside down,
  • back to front,
  • upturned,
  • inside-out,
  • the right/wrong/other way (around/up).
  •
  • latent,
  • latency,
  • stagnation,
  • dormant,
  • stunted,
  • retrogressive,
  • precede,
  • slowly,
  • stagnant.
  •
  • humpback,
  • hunchback,
  • madwoman,
  • madman,
  • self-effacing,
  • cabbage,
  • restraint.
  •
  • benighted,
  • knowledge.
  •
  • ability.
  •
  • lagging.
  •
  • disadvantaged,
  • rich,
  • deprived.
  •
  • politics,
  • reactionary,
  • conservative.
  •backswept (noun)
  • backswept.
  •backward (noun)
  • inverse,
  • reverse,
  • converse,
  • retracted,
  • retral,
  • reversive,
  • reflexive,
  • receding,
  • sweptback,
  • regardant,
  • negative,
  • retroflex,
  • feebleminded,
  • blate,
  • cacuminal,
  • returning,
  • self-referent,
  • retroflexed,
  • transposed.
  •dull (noun)
  • dumb,
  • dim,
  • dim-witted,
  • special-needs,
  • unintelligent,
  • moronic,
  • thick,
  • retarded,
  • stupid,
  • subnormal,
  • slow to learn,
  • learning-disabled,
  • slow-witted.
  •worse (noun)
  • worse,
  • for the worse,
  • pale,
  • degenerate,
  • extraordinary,
  • worst,
  • worst of all,
  • inferior.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • maniac,
  • psycho,
  • around,
  • underprivileged,
  • depressed,
  • topsy-turvy,
  • lunatic,
  • Against,
  • timid,
  • From,
  • underdeveloped,
  • peg leg,
  • Feeble-minded,
  • simple-minded,
  • midget.
  •
  • dwarf,
  • vegetable,
  • sharp,
  • impoverished,
  • Weak-minded,
  • cripple.
  •
  • ignorant.
  •
  • modest,
  • primitive.
  •
  • weak.
  •
  • soft.

Paraphrases for Backward:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    backwards, regressive, retrograde, rearward, retarded.
  • Proper noun, singular
    backwards, rearward.
  • Noun, plural
    rearwards, backwards.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    retrograde, rearward.
  • Adverb
    backwards, rearward.
  • Verb, past tense
    rearward.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    lagging, overdue, under-developed, outdated, undeveloped, back, out-dated, aft, delayed, less-favoured, reactionary, obsolete.
  • Proper noun, singular
    back.
  • Noun, plural
    backlogs.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    back.
  • Adverb
    back, ago.
  • Interjection
    back.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    losing, lagging.
  • Verb, past participle
    abandoned, left, delayed.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    backwardness, underdeveloped, backward-looking, retrogressive, underprivileged.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    backwardness.

Antonyms for Backward:

• adj.

  • all
    forward.
  • slow in growth
    developed.
  • toward the rear
    developing, fast, precocious, intelligent, unshy, aggressive, smart.
  • 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.

Homophones for Backward:

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