adjadj.alldirected or facing toward the back or rearAntonyms:forward
Inherited Hypernyms:backward
Similar to:backswept sweptback cacuminal retroflex converse reversed transposed inverse reverse rearward reverse receding reflexive self-referent regardant retracted retral retrograde retroflex retroflexed returning reversive
See also:regressive retrospective
adjadj.all(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring natureAntonyms:forward
Inherited Hypernyms:backward
Similar to:bashful blate
See also:timid
adj satadj.allretarded in intellectual developmentDomain Usage:archaicismarchaism
Synset:feebleminded half-witted slow-witted
Antonyms:precocious
Derivationally Related Form:slow-wittednessfeeblemindednessbackwardness
Inherited Hypernyms:backward
Similar to:retarded
adj satadj.allhaving made less than normal progressExamples:- an economically backward country
Antonyms:dynamic
Inherited Hypernyms:backward
Similar to:adynamic undynamic
advadv.allat or to or toward the back or rearSynset:back backwards rearward rearwards
Examples:- he moved back
- tripped when he stepped backward
- she looked rearward out the window of the car
Antonyms:forward
Inherited Hypernyms:back
advadv.allin a manner or order or direction the reverse of normalSynset:backwards
Examples:- it's easy to get the 'i' and the 'e' backward in words like 'seize' and 'siege'
- the child put her jersey on backward
Inherited Hypernyms:backward