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Religious Terms Dictionary

backward

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "backward", "results": [{"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": ["backwards"], "definition": "in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal", "partOfSpeech": "adverb"}, {"usageOf": ["archaism", "archaicism"], "synonyms": ["feebleminded", "half-witted", "slow-witted"], "similarTo": ["retarded"], "definition": "retarded in intellectual development", "derivation": ["backwardness"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"antonyms": ["forward"], "examples": ["lovers of the past looking fondly backward"], "synonyms": ["back"], "definition": "in or to or toward a past time", "partOfSpeech": "adverb"}, {"antonyms": ["forward"], "examples": ["tripped when he stepped backward"], "synonyms": ["back", "backwards", "rearward", "rearwards"], "definition": "at or to or toward the back or rear", "partOfSpeech": "adverb"}, {"also": ["regressive", "retrospective"], "antonyms": ["forward"], "examples": ["a backward view"], "similarTo": ["transposed", "backswept", "sweptback", "self-referent", "cacuminal", "converse", "inverse", "rearward", "receding", "reflexive", "regardant", "reversive", "retracted", "retral", "retroflex", "retroflexed", "retrograde", "returning", "reverse", "reversed"], "definition": "directed or facing toward the back or rear", "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"examples": ["an economically backward country"], "similarTo": ["undynamic", "adynamic"], "definition": "having made less than normal progress", "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"also": ["timid"], "antonyms": ["forward"], "examples": ["a backward lover"], "similarTo": ["blate", "bashful"], "definition": "(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature", "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}], "frequency": 3.57, "syllables": {"list": ["back", "ward"], "count": 2}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'bækwərd"}}
Religious Terms Dictionary

backwardness

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "backwardness", "results": [{"typeOf": ["stupidity"], "hasTypes": ["amentia", "idiocy", "imbecility", "abnormality", "mental deficiency", "moronity", "mental defectiveness"], "synonyms": ["mental retardation", "retardation", "slowness", "subnormality"], "definition": "lack of normal development of intellectual capacities", "derivation": ["backward"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 1.74, "syllables": {"list": ["back", "ward", "ness"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": "'bækwɝrdnʌs"}
Religious Terms Dictionary

backwards

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "backwards", "results": [{"synonyms": ["backward"], "definition": "in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal", "partOfSpeech": "adverb"}, {"synonyms": ["back", "backward", "rearward", "rearwards"], "definition": "at or to or toward the back or rear", "partOfSpeech": "adverb"}], "frequency": 4.11, "syllables": {"list": ["back", "wards"], "count": 2}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'bækwədz"}}