1. (

• backward ,

) directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view" ;

2. (

• backward ,

) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover" ;

3. (

• backward ,
• half-witted ,
• slow-witted ,
• feebleminded

) retarded in intellectual development ;

4. (

• backward

) having made less than normal progress; "an economically backward country" ;

1. (

• back ,
• backward ,
• backwards ,
• rearward ,
• rearwards

) 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" ;

2. (

• backward ,
• backwards ,

) 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" ;