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 Synonyms and Antonyms of backward  

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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'backward'  

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


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