backward

backward has 16 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• adv.. Alt. of Backwards
• a.. Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
• a.. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
• a.. Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
• a.. Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
• a.. Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
• a.. Already past or gone; bygone.
• n.. The state behind or past.
• v. i.. To keep back; to hinder.
• a.. directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"
• a.. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"
• a.. having made less than normal progress; "an economically backward country"