Synonyms: backward
Definition: directed or facing toward the back or rear
Usage: a backward view
Similar words: backswept, sweptback
Definition: used of hair
Similar words: retroflex, cacuminal
Definition: pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
Similar words: reversed, converse, transposed
Definition: turned about in order or relation
Usage: transposed letters
Similar words: inverse, reverse
Definition: reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
Similar words: reverse, rearward
Definition: directed or moving toward the rear
Usage: a rearward glance; a rearward movement
Similar words: receding
Definition: (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back
Similar words: reflexive, self-referent
Definition: referring back to itself
Similar words: regardant
Definition: looking backward
Similar words: retracted
Definition: drawn back and in
Usage: a cat with retracted claws
Similar words: retral, retrograde
Definition: moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
Similar words: retroflex, retroflexed
Definition: bent or curved backward
Similar words: returning, reversive
Definition: tending to be turned back
Synonyms: backward
Definition: (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
Usage: a backward lover
Definition: disposed to avoid notice
Usage: they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)
Synonyms: backward
Definition: having made less than normal progress
Usage: an economically backward country
Synonyms: feebleminded, half-witted, backward, slow-witted
Definition: retarded in intellectual development
Similar words: retarded
Definition: relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development
Usage: providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded