backward
About 11.78 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Indicating position or direction. Situated toward or at the rear of something.
The silt collects in the backward part of the tank.
- adjective Situated toward or at the rear of something.
The silt collects in the backward part of the tank.
- adjective Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
a backward tilt of the head
- adjective Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
The occasional apparent backward movement of planets is evidence that they revolve around the sun.
- adjective Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
This is a backward step for the country.
- adjective Reversed in order or sequence.
This backward writing is hard to read.
- adjective Expressing lack of development or advancement. Retarded in development; not as advanced as would be expected.
The child is backward in his school work.
- adjective Retarded in development; not as advanced as would be expected.
The child is backward in his school work.
Similar words
rearward back rearwards retral reversed reverse retrograde inverse reversive retracted
Often followed by
and in to classes from glance areas into countries
Word family
backwardly backwardness backwardnesses backwards
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