You are currently viewing the word “backwards”. Here you will find synonyms for the word “backwards”. Regarding the word “backwards”, such words and collocations as “awkward”, “back to front”, “backward”, “contrariwise”, “crude” are synonymous with the word “backwards”. These words belong to one part of speech, have a similar lexical meaning, but differ in sound and spelling. The synonyms for the word “backwards” (“dated”, “fumbling”, “hindwards”, “in reverse”, “incompetent”) can be used in various texts to avoid monotony and tautology in writing. Perhaps it will be more logical to express your thought by replacing the word “backwards” with words and collocations: “mirror image”, “obsolete”, “poor”, “primitive”, “rearward” in a particular context. Each of synonyms for the word “backwards” has its own meaning.In order not to make trivial mistakes when using synonyms for the word “backwards”, such as “retrograde”, “reversedly”, “switched”, “the other way round”, “awkward”, you need to refer to the interpretation of these words and collocations, and choose the most appropriate for the situation. That is, either select the word “awkward” or the collocation “back to front”, or other of the available.
Synonyms for backwards (9 letters)
Word which start from letter “b” – backwards (9 letters).
Synonyms (Adjective):
clumsy, inept, or inefficient
reversed
behind current trends or technology
Synonyms (Adverb):
in the opposite direction of usual
toward the back
so that the back precedes the front
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