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"

backwards (Adverb)

Toward the back.

backwards (Adverb)

In the opposite direction of usual.

backwards (Adverb)

In a manner such that the back precedes the front.

backwards (Adjective)

Oriented toward the back.

backwards (Adjective)

Reversed.

backwards (Adjective)

Behind current trends or technology.

backwards (Adjective)

Clumsy, inept, or inefficient.

Backwards

Backwards is the fourth Red Dwarf novel. It is set on the fictional backwards universe version of Earth. The novel was written by Rob Grant on his own. It follows on directly from the second Grant Naylor novel, Better Than Life, ignoring Last Human. As well as continuing the general conceit from the episode Backwards, it contains minor elements from the episode Dimension Jump, and all of the plot from Gunmen of the Apocalypse. An audiobook of Backwards was also produced, read by the author.

Backwards

Backward or Backwards is a relative direction.