backward (adj)

directed or facing toward the back or rear

"a backward view"

backward (adj)

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

"a backward lover"

backward, half-witted, slow-witted, feebleminded (adj)

retarded in intellectual development

backward (adverb)

having made less than normal progress

"an economically backward country"

back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards (adverb)

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"

backward, backwards (adverb)

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"

back, backward (adverb)

in or to or toward a past time

"set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"

backward (Adverb)

In the direction towards the back; backwards

backward (Adjective)

Pertaining to the direction towards the back.

backward (Adjective)

Pertaining to the direction reverse of normal.

backward (Adjective)

Reluctant or unable to advance.

backward (Adjective)

Of a culture considered undeveloped or unsophisticated.

backward (Adjective)

Pertaining to a thought or value that is considered outdated.

backward (Adjective)

On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.

backward (Adjective)

Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.

backward

Backward or Backwards is a relative direction.