backward


Meanings

  • directed or facing toward the back or rear;
    • "a backward view"
  • (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature;
    • "a backward lover"
  • retarded in intellectual development
  • having made less than normal progress;
    • "an economically backward country"
  • at or to or toward the back or rear;
    • "tripped when he stepped backward"
  • in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal;
    • "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"
    • "the child put her jersey on backward"
  • in or to or toward a past time;
    • "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
  • BACKWARD adv toward the back


Scrabble Score: 20

backward is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

backward is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

backward is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 22

backward is a valid Words With Friends word