Synonyms:
backward
Meaning: directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"
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meaning of the word
Synonyms:
back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards
Meaning: at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
Synonyms:
backward, backwards
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
She had resolved never to take another step backward.
Neither backward nor forward could he move, it seemed.
The greatest misery and discontent is in the more backward communities.
The six girls scurried backward and forward, instructing, helping, scolding....
Instead of looking forward to reward his Indians, his eyes are turned backward.
He held her with one arm! his other flung at me, caught me, knocked me backward.
But as soon as his hands seized the railing, he was thrown backward in his turn.
And in either case, forward or backward, the spirit of the dream is not disturbed.
Suddenly the multitude rolled backward, and approached the spot where he himself stood.
Then, in a burst of rage, he caught her by the throat and threw her backward to the floor.