backward - Meaning in Punjabi

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backward - Meaning in Punjabi

Definitions and Meaning of backward in English

backward adjective

1. directed or facing toward the back or rear

   Example

   • "a backward view"
2. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

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   Example

   • "a backward lover"
3. having made less than normal progress

   Example

   • "an economically backward country"
4. retarded in intellectual development

   Synonyms

   feebleminded, half-witted, slow-witted

backward abverb

1. in or to or toward a past time

   Synonyms

   back

   Examples

   • "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
   • "never look back"
   • "set the clocks back an hour"
2. at or to or toward the back or rear

   Synonyms

   back, backwards, rearward, rearwards

   Examples

   • "he moved back"
   • "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
   • "tripped when he stepped backward"
3. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

   Synonyms

   backwards

   Examples

   • "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"
   • "the child put her jersey on backward"

Synonyms of backward

• feebleminded, half-witted, slow-witted
• back
• back, backwards, rearward, rearwards
• backwards

Antonyms of backward

forward, ahead, forrad, forrard, forwards, frontward, frontwards

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