Synonyms for Backwards:

• adj.

  •upside down (adjective)
  • without order,
  • wrong side out,
  • bottom up,
  • Orderless.

• a. & adv.

  •topsy-turvy (adjective, adverb)
  • topsyturvy.

• adv.

  •back (adverb)
  • toward the rear,
  • in reverse.
  •topsy-turvy (adverb)
  • more inside-out,
  • most insideout,
  • more insideout,
  • insideout,
  • up-ended,
  • topsy turvy,
  • up ended,
  • most upended,
  • more upended,
  • most backwards,
  • more inside out,
  • more backwards.
  •vice versa (adverb)
  • turn about.

• adv

  •topsy-turvy (adverb)
  • upended.
  •vice versa (adverb)
  • on the contrary,
  • Contra,
  • contrariwise,
  • far from it,
  • oppositely,
  • other way around,
  • the other way around,
  • the opposite way.

• n.

  •
  • around,
  • precede,
  • about.
  •
  • round,
  • approach.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • inside-out.
  •Other relevant words:
  • lapse,
  • inside,
  • go against,
  • betray,
  • counterclockwise,
  • in reply,
  • hinders,
  • reflexively,
  • eversion,
  • crude,
  • bethink oneself,
  • recall,
  • over,
  • Regressively,
  • in answer,
  • sturdy,
  • retrogress,
  • pasts,
  • Slows,
  • inverse,
  • Faints,
  • in and out,
  • introverted,
  • behind,
  • disobey,
  • laborious,
  • review,
  • mindless,
  • reversed,
  • retrogrades,
  • rugged,
  • widdershins,
  • awkward,
  • withershins,
  • against the grain,
  • fixation,
  • Backwardation,
  • stout,
  • coys,
  • anticlockwise,
  • conversely,
  • abaft,
  • difficult,
  • degeneracy,
  • rears,
  • inversion,
  • tardy,
  • think back,
  • regress,
  • Arear,
  • tough,
  • aback,
  • recollect,
  • recognize,
  • call up,
  • belated,
  • Backset,
  • Arrear,
  • recoils,
  • wrong side up,
  • shies,
  • wrongs,
  • Fro,
  • slacks,
  • regression,
  • be behind,
  • rebel,
  • astern,
  • unfavorable,
  • transposed,
  • reversal,
  • severe,
  • dilatory,
  • head over heels,
  • converses,
  • arduous,
  • again,
  • away,
  • mutatis mutandis,
  • dulls,
  • ass-backwards,
  • adverse,
  • bad,
  • reverse,
  • by turns,
  • look back,
  • Lates,
  • crass,
  • counter-clockwise,
  • countermarch,
  • retroversion,
  • bring to mind,
  • antithesis,
  • rebours,
  • precedence,
  • regressive,
  • Retrogressively,
  • fall back,
  • throwback,
  • degeneration,
  • Retrogradation,
  • aft,
  • contrarily,
  • call upon,
  • blockish,
  • hard,
  • and fro,
  • clumsy,
  • converse,
  • zigzag,
  • rear,
  • relapse,
  • arsy-varsy,
  • conservative,
  • atavism,
  • inversely,
  • seesaw,
  • Backs,
  • antecedence,
  • posterior,
  • beforehand,
  • witless,
  • look back upon,
  • recede,
  • negatives,
  • hinder,
  • reactionary,
  • reverses,
  • simples,
  • retrogression,
  • strong,
  • in exchange,
  • devolution,
  • retrace,
  • inconvenient,
  • inverted,
  • obstinate,
  • oppose,
  • decline,
  • in advance,
  • lags,
  • contrary.

Paraphrases for Backwards:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    retrograde, backward.
  • Proper noun, singular
    backward.
  • Noun, plural
    backward.
  • Adverb
    backward.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    regressive, reversed, rearward.
  • Proper noun, singular
    rearward.
  • Noun, plural
    rearwards.
  • Adverb
    ago, behind, conversely, upside, retrospectively, astern, rearward, forth.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    differing.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    upside-down.

Antonyms for Backwards:

• adv.

  • Other antonyms:
    frontwards, forward, frontward, forrad, forrard.

Homophones for Backwards:

• beggar-ticks, begrudge, beaux arts.