ALL meanings of backwards
back·ward
B b - adverb backwards If you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing. 3
- adverb backwards Backwards is also an adjective. 3
- adverb backwards If you do something backwards, you do it in the opposite way to the usual way. 3
- adverb backwards You use backwards to indicate that something changes or develops in a way that is not an improvement, but is a return to old ideas or methods. 3
- adverb backwards towards the rear 3
- adverb backwards with the back foremost 3
- adverb backwards in the reverse of usual order or direction 3
- adverb backwards to or towards the past 3
- adverb backwards into a worse state 3
- adverb backwards towards the point of origin 3
- abbreviation BACKWARDS backward 3
- adverb backwards toward the back or rear. 1
- adverb backwards with the back foremost. 1
- adverb backwards in the reverse of the usual or right way: counting backward from 100. 1
- adverb backwards toward the past: to look backward over one's earlier mistakes. 1
- adverb backwards toward a less advanced state; retrogressively: Since the overthrow of the president the country has moved steadily backward. 1
- adjective backwards directed toward the back or past. 1
- adjective backwards reversed; returning: a backward movement; a backward journey. 1
- adjective backwards behind in time or progress; late; slow: a backward learner; a backward country. 1
- adjective backwards bashful or hesitant; shy: a backward lover. 1
- idioms backwards backward and forward, thoroughly: He knew his lesson backward and forward. Also, backwards and forwards. 1
- noun backwards Oriented toward the back. 1
- adjective backwards Reversed. 0
- adjective backwards (derogatory) Behind current trends or technology. 0
- adjective backwards Clumsy, inept, or inefficient. 0
- adverb backwards In the opposite direction to usual. 0
- adverb backwards In a manner such that the back precedes the front. 0