BACKWARD Synonyms

• direction toward the rear

• at or to or toward the back or rear

• located in or toward the back or rear

• directed or moving toward the rear

• in a contrary disobedient manner

• with the order reversed

• contrary to expectations

• opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

• something inverted in sequence or character or effect

• reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

• (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk

• being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed

• of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem

• a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other

• a relation of direct opposition

• a contestant that you are matched against

• something inverted in sequence or character or effect

• directly facing each other

• being directly across from each other; facing

• moving or facing away from each other

• the other one of a complementary pair

• altogether different in nature or quality or significance

• characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed

• (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases

• opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state

• (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

• a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

• (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

• (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

• an area where you can be alone

• withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation

• the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

• pull back or move away or backward

• move away, as for privacy

• move back

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• going from better to worse

• turned inside out and resewn

• turned about in order or relation

• at or to or toward the back or rear

• in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

• of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

• any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge

• a very old person

• so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

• so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

• related to or located at the back

• the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine

• the side that goes last or is not normally seen

• the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

• (football) a person who plays in the backfield

• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

• the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

• the part of a garment that covers the back of your body

• a support that you can lean against while sitting

• (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

• in or to or toward a former location

• at or to or toward the back or rear

• in or to or toward an original condition

• in or to or toward a past time

• in reply

• in repayment or retaliation

• located at or near the back of an animal

• of an earlier date

• be behind; approve of

• travel backward

• give support or one's approval to

• cause to travel backward

• support financial backing for

• be in back of

• place a bet on

• shift to a counterclockwise direction

• establish as valid or genuine

• strengthen by providing with a back or backing

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply

• of or relating to the study of history

• used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time

• having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary

• belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past

• past due; not paid at the scheduled time

• after the expected or usual time; delayed

• underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively