Antonym: ahead, forward. Similar words: backwards and forwards, backwash, backwater, awkward, awkwardness, backyard, backboard, back to back. Meaning: ['bækwəd] 
adj. 1. directed or facing toward the back or rear 2. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature 3. retarded in intellectual development. adv. 1. at or to or toward the back or rear 2. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal 3. in or to or toward a past time.
adj. 1. directed or facing toward the back or rear 2. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature 3. retarded in intellectual development. adv. 1. at or to or toward the back or rear 2. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal 3. in or to or toward a past time. 
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1 Youth looks forward and age backward. 
2 He who does not advance falls backward.
3 Without a backward glance, he walked away.
4 Hannah took a step backward.
5 For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
6 This part of the country is still backward.
7 She can count up to one hundred and backward.
8 She went without a backward glance.
9 He looked backward thirty years.
10 Backward children need a special kind of schooling.
11 The mayor leaned over backward to avoid the appearance of nepotism.
12 Because of his long illness,Tom is backward in his studies.
13 John was rather backward as a child; he was nearly three before he could walk.
14 The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you will see. Winston Churchill
15 He did a brilliant backward somersault.
16 The country is still in a backward state.
17 She strode past him without a backward glance .
18 He walked away without a backward glance.
19 You may spell her backward.
20 The child was backward in learning to walk.
21 She's not backward in coming forward .
22 He stepped backward and fell over the cliff.
23 All the actors know the play backward.
24 He took two steps backward.
25 He left without a backward glance.
26 We bent over backward to help them.
27 The car passed over the body twice, once backward and then forward.
28 Sheila is very clever but rather backward in expressing her ideas.
29 He unlocked the door of apartment two and disappeared inside after a backward glance at Larry.
30 I disagreed with him about / over / as to how we ought to deal with the backward.
More similar words: backwards and forwards, backwash, backwater, awkward, awkwardness, backyard, backboard, back to back, backpack, back, aback, back off, go back, back of, back on, back out, back up, backup, ward, payback, hold back, cut back, backlog, call back, set back, back away, back down, backbone, setback, pay back.