All backwards synonyms
back·ward
B b adv backwards
- back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
- backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
- rearward — Also, rearwards. toward or in the rear.
- back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- about — You use about to introduce who or what something relates to or concerns.
- around — To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.
- inside out — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
- retrograde — moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
- upside down — with the upper part undermost.
adjective backwards
- orderless — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.