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(adverb) 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" |
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Synonyms: backwards |
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(adjective) directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view" |
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Antonyms: forward |
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(adjective) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover" |
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Antonyms: forward |
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(satellite adjective) retarded in intellectual development |
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Synonyms: feebleminded |
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(adverb) in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" |
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Synonyms: back |
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Antonyms: forward |
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(adverb) at or to or toward or the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" |
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Synonyms: back, backwards, rearward, rearwards |
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Antonyms: forward |
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