English adverb: backwards | |||
1. | backwards at or to or toward the back or rear | ||
Samples | He moved back. Tripped when he stepped backward. She looked rearward out the window of the car. | ||
Synonyms | back, backward, rearward, rearwards | ||
Antonyms | forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards | ||
2. | backwards in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal | ||
Samples | It's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'. The child put her jersey on backward. | ||
Synonyms | backward | ||