backward

backward

adjective

Definition of BACKWARD

1

directed, turned, or done toward the back <a backward turn on ice skates is hard to learn because you can't see where you're going>

Synonyms rearward, retrograde

Related Words reverse, reversed; aft, after, hind, posterior, rear; astern, sternforemost

Near Antonyms forward

2

not comfortable around people <curiously, the quiet, backward man opened up when around other introverts>

Synonyms backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, introverted, modest, recessive, retiring, self-effacing, sheepish, withdrawn

Related Words antisocial, lone, lone-wolf, unsociable, unsocial; awkward, embarrassed, self-conscious, unadventurous, unassertive, unenterprising; inhibited, reserved, uneasy, uptight

Near Antonyms boon, clubbable (also clubable), companionable, convivial, gregarious, sociable, social; bold, dashing, forceful; brash, forward, overbold, uninhibited, unreserved

Antonyms extroverted (also extraverted), immodest, outgoing