Backward

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Directed or facing toward the back or rear. adjective

Done or arranged in a manner or order that is opposite to previous occurrence or normal use. adjective

Unwilling to act; reluctant; shy. adjective

Behind others in progress or development. adjective

To or toward the back or rear. adverb

With the back leading. adverb

In a reverse manner or order. adverb

To, toward, or into the past. adverb

Toward a worse or less advanced condition. adverb

In the direction of the back: as, to throw the arms backward.

With the back first in the direction of motion: as, to walk backward; to fall backward.

In the direction from which one has come; toward that which is or has been left behind: as, he glanced backward.

Toward bygone times or events; toward that which is past in time: as, to look backward to the last century.

In or by reflection; reflexively.

In time past; ago.

In an opposite or contrary direction.

In an opposite or reverse order; from the end toward the beginning; in an order contrary to the natural order: as, to read or spell backward; hence, perversely; in a wrong or perverse manner.

From a better to a worse state; retrogressively.

Directed to the back or rear: as, “a backward look,”

Reversed; returning; directed to or toward the original starting-point: as, a backward movement or journey.

The state behind or past.

Retarded, stupid, ignorant Urban Dictionary

Noitinifed siht Urban Dictionary

An insult originating from the white van men of the North West of England, primarily Blackburn, meaning you're not quite right in the head, and possibly work backwards. Usually used when someone is doing something completely wrong, and it seems as though their brain works backwards. Urban Dictionary

Originated in a Visual Basic class at Commack High School, it means making something backward. Urban Dictionary

Crazy, something that just ain't right Urban Dictionary

A word used, usually by fools, to tell people they disagree with them Urban Dictionary

A dance in which the girls ask the guys. Urban Dictionary

Title of the Red Dwarf TV series reverse pub fight. Urban Dictionary

N. A state or condition of being extremely muh fuggin pissed off, as when wondering aloud what the hell is wrong with that dressing room 'cause that shit is lookin' smalla than a decimal. Urban Dictionary

A dance held at South Pasadena High School on March 19, 2005. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to backward:
backward, backyard, ackward, awkward, backwards, blackard, aukward, backwash, backboard, backhand, back yard, packard, backsword, backworm, bankcard, backband, backare, backwood, backland, backbar, backwind, jackyard, backbord, backwaren, back arc, back-arc, backarc, bankard.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word backward:
compatibility, tapping, trunks, toes, compatible, masking, habit, euler, caste, downward, backwards, pawn, induction, bihar, forward, subdivision, posterior, upward, classes, anterior, usb, spine, xbox, lateral, regions, minorities, reservation, programme, reasoning, fund, algorithm, receiving, funds, grant, pointing, blocks, reverse, tree, step, equation, nintendo, legacy, scheduled, equal, steps, direction, block, communities, jump, bengal, integration, bone, motion, foot, tamil, roughly.

Words that rhyme with backward:
attack word, back word, mac word, stack word.

Adjectives that are often used to describe backward:
looking, forward, other, utopian, further, look, popular, more, non, rough, famous, head, going, private, bend, browse, dislocations, socialist, 29049-2, digits, chief, afraid, 4-156, influential, page, 4-175, corresponding, 4-136.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective backward:
glance, areas, classes, countries, country, movement, compatibility, regions, step, state, direction, look, peoples, castes, people, linkages, children, communities, states, motion, districts, area, economy, nations, child, integration, flow, displacement, condition, region, races, steps, glances, induction, sections, class, society, wave, pressure, nation, community, parts, economies, swing, societies, tribes, pass, extension, rotation, linkage, conditioning, pupils, movements, readers, chaining, tilt, stroke, pull, district, curve, elimination, russia, dislocation, sector, procedure, somersault, agriculture, thrust, scattering, projection, caste, causation, reasoning, race, algorithm, sweep, difference, roll, bending, reaction, path, reference, search, spring, village, masking.

Consonant match to backward:
back word, back would, bakke would, bourke would, buck would, burke would.

Words that sound like backward:
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