Definition of backward

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• backward is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 20
• backward is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 20
• backward is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 22

Definition of backward

• in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal (adverb)

  Examples

  1. it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'
  2. the child put her jersey on backward

  Synonyms

  1. backwards
• retarded in intellectual development (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. feebleminded
  2. half-witted
  3. slow-witted
• in or to or toward a past time (adverb)

  Examples

  1. lovers of the past looking fondly backward

  Synonyms

  1. back
• at or to or toward the back or rear (adverb)

  Examples

  1. tripped when he stepped backward

  Synonyms

  1. back
  2. backwards
  3. rearward
  4. rearwards
• directed or facing toward the back or rear (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a backward view
• having made less than normal progress (adjective)

  Examples

  1. an economically backward country
• (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a backward lover

See definition of backward in Merriam Webster