backward in WordNet English dictionary

1. at or to or toward the back or rear
   "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
   back  backward  backwards  rearward  rearwards  back  backward  backwards  rearward  rearwards 
   
2. in or to or toward a past time
   "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
   back  backward  back  backward 
   
3. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
   "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward"
   backward  backwards  backward  backwards 
   

1. directed or facing toward the back or rear
   "a backward view"
   backward 
   
2. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
   "a backward lover"
   backward 
   
3. retarded in intellectual development
   backward  half-witted  slow-witted  feebleminded 
   
4. having made less than normal progress
   "an economically backward country"
   backward