backwards

Word parts

back + -wards

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈbækwɜːdz/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈbækwɝdz/

• Audio (UK)

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Preposition

Preposition backwards

1. If something is backwards, it is facing the back.

Adjective

Positive backwards

Comparative more backwards

Superlative most backwards

1. Something that is backwards is inefficient and not advanced. (sometimes considered offensive when describing a person, especially a child)

   This society is very backwards, primitive in comparison to the country we came from.

Synonyms

• backward

Antonyms

• frontward / frontwards
• forward / forwards

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