Backward word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "backward" word
[adv] at or to or toward or the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
[adv] in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward"
[adjective] directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"
[adjective] (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"
[adjective] retarded in intellectual development
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\Back"ward\, a. 1. Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances. 2. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves. --Pope. 3. Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child. ``The backward learner.'' --South. 4. Late or behindhand; as, a backward season. 5. Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state. 6. Already past or gone; bygone. [R.] And flies unconscious o'er each backward year. --Byron.
\Back"ward\, n. The state behind or past. [Obs.] In the dark backward and abysm of time. --Shak.
\Back"ward\, v. i. To keep back; to hinder. [Obs.]
Synonyms for backward
back, backswept, backwards, bashful, blate, cacuminal, converse, feebleminded, inverse, negative, rearward, rearward, rearwards, receding(a), reflexive, regardant(ip), retarded, retracted, retral, retroflex, retroflexed, retrograde, returning(a), reverse, reversed, reversive, self-referent, sweptback, transposed
Antonyms: ahead, forrad, forrard, forward, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards
See also: regressive | retrospective | timid |
Related terms: aft, around, ass-backwards, balky, checked, constrained, cretinous, discreet, drooling, dull, feebleminded, going, hindermost, hindmost, idiotic, indifferent, invaginated, narrow, nonprogressive, outside in, rearmost, reserved, retrogressive, rotatory, round, stunted, stupid, unenlightened, unfinished, unlicked
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Let's analyse "backward" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: DRAWKCAB. Average typing speed for these characters is 2180 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
backward: 1 + 1 = 2, reduced: 2 . and the final result is Two. |
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