Main entry: backward
Definition: directed or facing toward the back or rear
Usage: a backward view
Antonyms: forward
Definition: at or near or directed toward the front
Antonyms: obverse
Definition: the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design
Antonyms: forward
Definition: of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
Antonyms: direct
Definition: similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
Antonyms: anterograde
Definition: of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma
Antonyms: direct
Definition: moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
Main entry: backward
Definition: (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
Usage: a backward lover
Antonyms: forward
Definition: used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
Main entry: feebleminded, half-witted, backward, slow-witted
Definition: retarded in intellectual development
Antonyms: precocious
Definition: characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
Main entry: backward
Definition: having made less than normal progress
Usage: an economically backward country
Definition: characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality
Main entry: back, backward
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
Antonyms: frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard, forward, forwards
Definition: at or to or toward the front