Main entry: backward
Definition: directed or facing toward the back or rear
Usage: a backward view
Main entry: backward
Definition: (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
Usage: a backward lover
Main entry: backward
Definition: having made less than normal progress
Usage: an economically backward country
Main entry: feebleminded, half-witted, backward, slow-witted
Definition: retarded in intellectual development
Definition: in or to or toward a past time
Usage: set the clocks back an hour; never look back; lovers of the past looking fondly backward
Main entry: backward, backwards, back, rearward, rearwards
Definition: at or to or toward the back or rear
Usage: he moved back; tripped when he stepped backward; she looked rearward out the window of the car
Main entry: backward, backwards
Definition: in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
Usage: it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'; the child put her jersey on backward