backwards
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
at or to or toward the back or rear
he moved back
Related & opposite
- forward antonym
Sense 2 adverb
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'
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | forward |