backward

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BACKWARD

toward the rear <looking backward, we could see the town receding in the distance>

Synonyms back, rearward (also rearwards)

Related Words astern, sternforemost; anticlockwise [chiefly British], counterclockwise, left-handed, left-handedly, retrograde, reversely, widdershins (also withershins)

Near Antonyms before

Antonyms ahead, along, forth, forward, forwards, on, onward (also onwards)

toward the opposite direction <the loud noise prompted him to glance backward to see what was happening>

Synonyms about, back, backward (or backwards), round

Related Words behind, down, downward (or downwards), rearward (also rearwards); obversely, reversely; across, athwart, counter, counterclockwise, widdershins (also withershins)

Near Antonyms clockwise, deasil

backward or backwards

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