What is another word for backwardness?
372 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ bˈakwədnəs], [ bˈakwədnəs], [ b_ˈa_k_w_ə_d_n_ə_s]Table of Contents
Synonyms for Backwardness:
n.
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- restraint.
- lack education,
- lack knowledge,
- un enlightenment,
- un-knowing,
- un-enlightenments,
- unenlightenments,
- un-enlightenment,
- un enlightenments,
- unknowings,
- un knowing.
- sheepishness,
- insecurity,
- self-consciousness,
- unassertiveness,
- in security,
- timorousness,
- shyness,
- mousiness.
- diffidence,
- lack of education,
- lateness,
- unenlightenment,
- uncommunicativeness,
- retiringness,
- timidness,
- reserve,
- lack of knowledge,
- taciturnity.
Other synonyms:
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- coyness.
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- timidity.
- carrel,
- impassiveness,
- inanition,
- simmpleness,
- dawdle,
- incarcerate,
- languor,
- self-will,
- foolishness,
- mongolianism,
- iciness,
- obstinance,
- lassitude,
- dissension,
- study,
- procrastinate,
- delicacy,
- infantile fixation,
- abnormalcy,
- imprison,
- cubicle,
- limit,
- abashment,
- numbness,
- computing,
- self-distrust,
- conk,
- sales booth,
- booth,
- pigheadedness,
- confrontation,
- wait,
- hesitance,
- space,
- substitute,
- check,
- hold up,
- inhibition,
- outdistance,
- dilly-dally,
- stand,
- down syndrome,
- trisomy 21,
- horror,
- chilliness,
- shadow,
- elision,
- unsuitableness,
- chemical reaction,
- computation,
- fixation,
- fencesitter,
- electrical resistance,
- obtuseness,
- retreat,
- foe,
- bluntness,
- flatness,
- climb-down,
- cold,
- inconsistency,
- resistivity,
- curtailment,
- separation,
- swarthiness,
- restriction,
- wickedness,
- shamefacedness,
- infolding,
- second-stringer,
- density,
- nonchalance,
- variance,
- reckoning,
- vacillation,
- stalling,
- waver,
- hold,
- opponent,
- figuring,
- electric resistance,
- reservation,
- resist,
- invagination,
- regression,
- meantime,
- slow-wittedness,
- drug withdrawal,
- drag one's feet,
- fall back,
- unmanageableness,
- free will,
- ease,
- stiffness,
- tightness,
- lethargy,
- exclusion,
- remand,
- freakishness,
- disengagement,
- divergence,
- discernment,
- advisement,
- circumstance,
- length,
- dark,
- averting,
- kiosk,
- slack,
- immure,
- holdup,
- control,
- duskiness,
- irregularity,
- dumbness,
- meanwhile,
- cumbersomeness,
- laxity,
- immunity,
- frigidity,
- stockpile,
- faltering,
- set aside,
- conservativism,
- resistor,
- mulishness,
- uncomfortableness,
- underground,
- compactness,
- apathy,
- dissonance,
- simple mindedness,
- allow,
- earmark,
- response,
- noncompliance,
- retard,
- military reserve,
- emotionlessness,
- falter,
- independent,
- easiness,
- jug,
- impedance,
- insulation,
- weighing,
- unconcern,
- protest,
- fall behind,
- stifling,
- gaol,
- stolidity,
- simpleness,
- recalcitrancy,
- self-doubt,
- enemy,
- foeman,
- wavering,
- retainer,
- insularism,
- disagree,
- oppositeness,
- secession,
- prudence,
- stay,
- onanism,
- low temperature,
- backlog,
- condition,
- gracelessness,
- folly,
- discreetness,
- aloofness,
- phlegm,
- stave,
- repulsion,
- concentration,
- incompatibility,
- caution,
- put behind bars,
- interim,
- take issue,
- considerateness,
- pulling out,
- worthlessness,
- nuisance value,
- appropriate,
- coolness,
- crushing,
- outstrip,
- shillyshally,
- breakup,
- jail,
- thoughtfulness,
- unwieldiness,
- unsuitability,
- quelling,
- objection,
- put away,
- spiritlessness,
- backdown,
- down's syndrome,
- modestness,
- revulsion,
- dillydally,
- carrell,
- cunctation,
- betise,
- mutual exclusiveness,
- insularity,
- bullheadedness,
- discrepancy,
- impassivity,
- withdrawal method,
- drag one's heels,
- unemotionality,
- uneasiness,
- refractoriness,
- detain,
- time lag,
- chasteness,
- intussusception,
- postponement,
- book,
- opposite,
- differ.
- disobedience,
- repugnance,
- circumspection,
- constraint,
- introversion,
- Royalism,
- bashfulness,
- aversion,
- mugwump,
- reaction,
- Sulks,
- tardiness,
- withdrawal,
- idiocy,
- delay,
- reluctance,
- awkwardness,
- clumsiness,
- stubbornness,
- monarchism,
- ineptitude,
- foot-dragging,
- Arrearage,
- retirement,
- resistance,
- arrears,
- maladroitness,
- antipathy,
- hesitation,
- laxness,
- discretion,
- stupidity,
- Indisposedness,
- slowing,
- infantilism,
- obstinacy,
- abnormality,
- suppression,
- cogitation,
- slackness,
- imbecility,
- stall,
- ineptness,
- dilatoriness,
- repression,
- mental deficiency,
- modesty,
- Aversation,
- Nolition,
- lag,
- deliberateness,
- dissent,
- reactionism,
- unhurriedness,
- disinclination,
- distaste,
- Renitency,
- coldness,
- conservatism,
- retardent,
- sluggishness,
- insanity,
- calculation,
- distance,
- cretinism,
- Retardment,
- unwillingness,
- refusal,
- arrested development,
- procrastination,
- detachment,
- exception,
- opposition,
- mongolism,
- recalcitrance,
- disagreement,
- remissness,
- slowdown,
- simplicity,
- consideration,
- limitation,
- Nolleity,
- retardant,
- deliberation,
- Renitence,
- indifference,
- amentia,
- indisposition,
- deceleration,
- reticence,
- Indocility.
Paraphrases for Backwardness:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
retardation, underdevelopment, under-development.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Adjective
delayed, overdue, underdeveloped.
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Noun, singular or mass
deprivation, shortfall.
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Adjective
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Homophones for Backwardness:
Hypernym for Backwardness:
n.
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cognition
idiocy, amentia, mental defectiveness, moronity, imbecility, abnormality, mental deficiency.
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cognition
Hyponym for Backwardness:
n.
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cognition
stupidity.
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cognition
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