Definition for Backward:

• The state behind or past.

Synonyms for Backward:

• adj.

  •back (adjective)
  • tail.
  •bashful (adjective)
  • loath,
  • tardy,
  • indisposed,
  • averse,
  • disinclined,
  • sluggish,
  • wavering,
  • hesitating.
  •desolate (adjective)
  • godforsaken.
  •dilatory (adjective)
  • lax,
  • Moratory.
  •dull (adjective)
  • dense,
  • not bright.
  •fearful (adjective)
  • cowardly.
  •ignorant (adjective)
  • unlearned.
  •late (adjective)
  • too late,
  • held up,
  • in a bind,
  • unpunctual.
  •procrastinating (adjective)
  • dilatory.
  •rear (adjective)
  • hindermost.
  •regressive (adjective)
  • declining,
  • backsliding,
  • relapsing,
  • recessive.
  •retrospective (adjective)
  • retroactive.
  •slow (adjective)
  • impeded.
  •slow in growth (adjective)
  • checked.
  •soft (adjective)
  • weak-willed.
  •toward the rear (adjective)
  • abaft,
  • astern,
  • aback.
  •unwilling (adjective)
  • unready,
  • against the grain.

• adv.

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

• n.

  •
  • arrested,
  • already,
  • previously,
  • ago,
  • unenlightened,
  • delayed,
  • before,
  • once,
  • past.
  •
  • try,
  • conciliate,
  • upside down,
  • upturned.
  •
  • 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.
  •backward (noun)
  • feebleminded,
  • receding,
  • reversive,
  • inverse,
  • retracted,
  • blate,
  • converse,
  • regardant,
  • cacuminal,
  • negative,
  • retral,
  • retroflexed,
  • transposed,
  • returning,
  • reverse,
  • reflexive,
  • self-referent,
  • sweptback,
  • retroflex,
  • backswept.
  •dull (noun)
  • dumb,
  • dim,
  • stupid,
  • thick,
  • unintelligent,
  • slow-witted,
  • subnormal,
  • moronic,
  • dim-witted,
  • retarded.
  •worse (noun)
  • extraordinary,
  • worse,
  • pale,
  • inferior,
  • worst,
  • degenerate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • lunatic,
  • around,
  • depressed,
  • Feeble-minded,
  • topsy-turvy,
  • midget,
  • timid,
  • Against,
  • underprivileged,
  • simple-minded,
  • From,
  • underdeveloped,
  • psycho.
  •
  • impoverished,
  • vegetable,
  • dwarf,
  • 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, 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.