backward - Similar and Opposite Words

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Adjective

directed or facing toward the back or rear

Synonyms

• backward

Related

• backswept
• cacuminal
• converse
• inverse
• rearward
• receding
• reflexive
• regardant
• retracted
• retral
• retroflex
• retroflexed
• retrograde
• returning
• reverse
• reversed
• reversive
• self-referent
• sweptback
• transposed

Opposite / Antonyms

• forward

Also See

• regressive
• retrospective

Adjective

(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

Synonyms

• backward

Related

• bashful
• blate

Opposite / Antonyms

• forward

Also See

• timid

Adjective

having made less than normal progress

Synonyms

• backward

Related

• adynamic
• undynamic

Adjective

retarded in intellectual development

Synonyms

• backward
• feebleminded
• half-witted
• slow-witted

Related

• retarded

in or to or toward a past time

Synonyms

• back
• backward

Opposite / Antonyms

• forward

at or to or toward the back or rear

Synonyms

• back
• backward
• backwards
• rearward
• rearwards

Opposite / Antonyms

• forward

in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

Synonyms

• backward
• backwards

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