Definitions:

1. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature adjective
   • a backward lover
2. directed or facing toward the back or rear adjective
   • a backward view
3. having made less than normal progress adjective
   • an economically backward country
4. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal adverb
   • it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'

Synonyms:

• back
• backwards
• feebleminded
• half-witted
• slow-witted

NearBy Words:

• backwardness
• backwards