Definition of backward

• at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
• in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "its easy to get the `i and the `e backward in words like `seize and `siege"; "the child put her jersey on backward"
• in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"