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"it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'" "the child put her jersey on backward"adverbin a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
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adjectiveretarded in intellectual development
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"lovers of the past looking fondly backward"adverbin or to or toward a past time
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"tripped when he stepped backward"adverbat or to or toward the back or rearOpposite:
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"a backward view"adjectivedirected or facing toward the back or rear
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"an economically backward country"adjectivehaving made less than normal progress
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"a backward lover"adjective(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring natureOpposite:
Examples of backward
- "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"
- "the child put her jersey on backward"
- "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
- "tripped when he stepped backward"
- "a backward view"
- "an economically backward country"
- "a backward lover"