directed or facing toward the back or rear; a backward view'

(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; a backward lover'

at or to or toward the back or rear; he moved back; tripped when he stepped backward; she looked rearward out the window of the car

[ Syn: back , back , back , back , backwards , backwards , backwards , backwards , rearward , rearward , rearward , rearward , rearwards , rearwards , rearwards , rearwards , back , back , back , back , backwards , backwards , backwards , backwards , rearward , rearward , rearward , rearward , rearwards , rearwards , rearwards , rearwards , back , back , back , back , backwards , backwards , backwards , backwards , rearward , rearward , rearward , rearward , rearwards , rearwards , rearwards , rearwards , back , back , back , back , backwards , backwards , backwards , backwards , rearward , rearward , rearward , rearward , rearwards , rearwards , rearwards , rearwards ]

in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; its easy to get the `i and the `e backward in words like `seize and `siege; the child put her jersey on backward

[ Syn: backwards , backwards , backwards , backwards , backwards , backwards , backwards , backwards ]

in or to or toward a past time; set the clocks back an hour; never look back; lovers of the past looking fondly backward

[ Syn: back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back , back ]

retarded in intellectual development

[ Syn: half-witted , slow-witted , feebleminded ]

having made less than normal progress; an economically backward country'