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Synonyms for backwards
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
Wiktionary
backwards(adverb)
Oriented toward the back.
The battleship had three backwards guns at the stern, in addition to the primary complement.
Synonyms:
rearward, hindwards, retrogradebackwards(adverb)
Reversed.
The backwards lettering on emergency vehicles makes it possible to read in the rear-view mirror.
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reversedly, contrariwise, mirror image, back to front, switchedbackwards(adjective)
Behind current trends or technology.
Modern medicine regards the use of leeches as a backwards practice.
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in reverse, back to front, primitive, dated, crude, obsoletebackwards(adjective)
Clumsy, inept, or inefficient.
He was a very backwards scholar, but he was a marvel on the football field.
Synonyms:
fumbling, awkward, incompetent, poor
Editors Contribution
magnetic reversal
going the opposite way
we should do the steps backwards to solve the problem.
Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
backwards(ad.)
Synonyms:
regressively, rearwards, aback, behind, ABAFT
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases:
back, backward, retrograde, rearward, upside-down, behind, ago, back-to-front
Translations for backwards
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- pozpátkuCzech
- rückwärtsGerman
- επαναφορά επιστροφή, προς τα πίσωGreek
- malantaŭenEsperanto
- hacia atrás, a contrapelo, invertidoSpanish
- tagurpidi, tahapoole, peegelpilt, vanamoodne, saamatu, tagasisuunasEstonian
- takaperin, kelvoton, taaksepäin, vanhanaikainen, väärinpäinFinnish
- ke belakangIndonesian
- indietroItalian
- 뒤로Korean
- دواکهوتو, بهرهودوا, پاشهوپاشKurdish
- whakatuaraMāori
- achterwaartsDutch
- направленный, назад, смотрящийRussian
- bakåtriktad, bakvänd, efterbliven, baklänges, omvänd, efterSwedish
- назадUkrainian
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