Word Meaning

Meaning of backwards

- Alt. of Backwards
- Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
- Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
- Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
- Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
- Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
- Already past or gone; bygone.
- The state behind or past.
- To keep back; to hinder.
- With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
- Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
- On the back, or with the back downward.
- Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
- By way of reflection; reflexively.
- From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
- In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.

Crossword clue for backwards

- Rearward
- In reverse
- In reverse order