Synonyms and Antonyms of backward
- looking backward, we could see the town receding in the distance
anticlockwise [chiefly British], counterclockwise, left-handed, left-handedly, retrograde, reversely, widdershins (also withershins)
- the loud noise prompted him to glance backward to see what was happening
behind, down, downward (or downwards), rearward (also rearwards)
across, athwart, counter, counterclockwise, widdershins (also withershins)