Thesaurus: backward

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1. adv. Alt. of Backwards
2. a. Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
3. a. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
4. a. Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
5. a. Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
6. a. Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
7. a. Already past or gone; bygone.
8. n. The state behind or past.
9. v. i. To keep back; to hinder.
10. adj. directed or facing toward the back or rear
11. adj. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
12. adj. retarded in intellectual development