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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'backward'

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1. (adj) backward
directed or facing toward the back or rear
Synonyms: feebleminded, slow-witted, half-witted
Antonyms: sassy, headlong, guardant(ip), nervy, smart, presumptuous, gardant(ip), cheeky, saucy, forward, full-face, self-assertive, brash, precocious, impertinent, wise, assumptive, fresh, headfirst, overbold, bumptious, overfamiliar, dynamical, dynamic, impudent, assuming, forrad, forrard, forwards, frontwards, frontward, ahead

2. (adj) backward
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
Synonyms: feebleminded, slow-witted, half-witted
Antonyms: self-assertive, forward, gardant(ip), headlong, assuming, bumptious, overfamiliar, impudent, wise, brash, presumptuous, dynamical, fresh, assumptive, headfirst, impertinent, precocious, smart, nervy, saucy, full-face, sassy, guardant(ip), dynamic, overbold, cheeky, ahead, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard

3. (adj) backward, half-witted, slow-witted, feebleminded
retarded in intellectual development
Synonyms: feebleminded, slow-witted, half-witted, backward
Antonyms: overfamiliar, wise, headfirst, nervy, sassy, guardant(ip), brash, gardant(ip), forward, fresh, cheeky, presumptuous, smart, dynamic, headlong, assumptive, full-face, impudent, self-assertive, precocious, dynamical, bumptious, saucy, impertinent, overbold, assuming, forrad, frontwards, forwards, forrard, ahead, frontward

4. (adverb) backward
having made less than normal progress
Synonyms: feebleminded, slow-witted, half-witted
Antonyms: smart, assumptive, gardant(ip), overfamiliar, brash, guardant(ip), saucy, cheeky, assuming, overbold, dynamic, fresh, impudent, presumptuous, impertinent, sassy, headlong, bumptious, self-assertive, wise, precocious, dynamical, headfirst, full-face, forward, nervy, forrard, frontward, ahead, forwards, frontwards, forrad

5. (adverb) back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards
at or to or toward the back or rear
Synonyms: backwards, rearwards, back, backward, rearward
Antonyms: assuming, gardant(ip), full-face, nervy, forward, headfirst, precocious, dynamical, overbold, overfamiliar, dynamic, brash, wise, guardant(ip), self-assertive, bumptious, saucy, sassy, smart, fresh, assumptive, impudent, presumptuous, impertinent, cheeky, headlong, frontwards, forwards, forrad, ahead, frontward, forrard

6. (adverb) backward, backwards
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
Synonyms: backwards, rearwards, back, backward, rearward
Antonyms: forward, headlong, presumptuous, impudent, overfamiliar, impertinent, smart, sassy, assumptive, gardant(ip), wise, nervy, overbold, cheeky, full-face, dynamical, precocious, saucy, self-assertive, fresh, headfirst, dynamic, guardant(ip), brash, bumptious, assuming, frontward, forrad, forrard, ahead, frontwards, forwards

7. (adverb) back, backward
in or to or toward a past time
Synonyms: backwards, rearwards, back, backward, rearward
Antonyms: gardant(ip), fresh, assuming, dynamical, impertinent, headlong, dynamic, saucy, forward, bumptious, assumptive, overbold, impudent, self-assertive, smart, overfamiliar, presumptuous, cheeky, wise, sassy, full-face, headfirst, nervy, guardant(ip), brash, precocious, frontward, frontwards, forrard, ahead, forwards, forrad

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'backward'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. backward
Reluctant (L. re, back, and lucto, strive, struggle) signifies struggling against what one is urged or impelled to do, or is actually doing; averse (L. a, from, and verto, turn) signifies
Synonyms: reluctant, averse, disinclined, loath, slow, backward, indisposed, opposed, unwilling
Antonyms: desirous, disposed, eager, favorable, inclined, willing

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