Open English Wordnet
Adjectives
(a)backwarddirected or facing toward the back or rear“a backward view” (a)backward(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature“a backward lover” (s)backwardhaving made less than normal progress“an economically backward country” Adverbs
(r)backward, backwardsin 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” (r)back, backwardin or to or toward a past time“set the clocks back an hour”,
“never look back”,
“lovers of the past looking fondly backward”