FORWANDERS Antonyms

• directed or facing toward the back or rear

• (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

• at or to or toward the back or rear

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

• in or to or toward a past time

• retarded in intellectual development

• having made less than normal progress

• pull back or move away or backward

• retreat

• become faint or more distant

• the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

• returning to a former state

• go back to a statistical means

• go back to a previous state

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

• go back to bad behavior

• (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

• moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth

• of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

• going from better to worse

• moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction

• move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

• move in a direction contrary to the usual one

• move back

• go back over

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

• document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

• a coming to or returning home

• the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

• getting something back again

• the act of going back to a prior location

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• happening again (especially at regular intervals)

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

• a reciprocal group action

• a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player

• (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

• the act of someone appearing again

• go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

• give back

• go back to a previous state

• go back to something earlier

• bring back to the point of departure

• return in kind

• make a return

• answer back

• be restored

• pay back

• pass down

• elect again

• be inherited by

• return to a previous position; in mathematics

• give or supply

• submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority

• of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle

• a relation of direct opposition

• the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed

• an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

• the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design

• (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction

• turning in the opposite direction

• directed or moving toward the rear

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

• change to the contrary

• turn inside out or upside down

• rule against

• cancel officially

• reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of

• move backwards from a certain position

• remove oneself from an obligation