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Showing words for BACKWARDNESS using the English dictionary

12 Letter Words for Backwardness

backwardness

11 Letter Words for Backwardness

answerbacks

10 Letter Words for Backwardness

answerback

9 Letter Words for Backwardness

backwards, bankcards, cadranses, drawbacks, ransacked, sneckdraw

8 Letter Words for Backwardness

arabesks, askanced, askances, backsaws, backward, bandcase, bandsaws, bankcard, brackens, darkness, drabness, dracenas, drawback, nebraska, neckward, ransacks, redbacks, sandbars, saracens, seabanks, seawards, snackers, swankers, weasands

7 Letter Words for Backwardness

abasers, abrades, abrased, ancress, answers, arabesk, arcades, ascared, ascends, askance, awakens, awarned, aweband, backare, backers, backras, backsaw, badness, badrans, bandars, banders, bandsaw, bankera, bankers, bardane, bardess, barkans, barkens, benward, bracked, bracken, branked, brassed, brawned, cabases, caderas, cadrans, caesars, canards, cankers, caserns, cassare, cassena, cawkers, cranked, csardas, dackers, dancers, dansker, darkens, dawners, debarks, decarbs, dracena, keasars, kranses, narases, nasards, ransack, rawness, rebacks, redback, rescans, sackers, sadware, sandbar, sanders, saracen, sarsden, sawback, sawders, scarabs, screaks, seabank, seawans, seaward, serdabs, snacked, snacker, swacked, swacken, swanked, swanker, swansea, sweards, wackers, wakanes, wanders, wankers, wardens, weasand, wesands, wessand, wracked

6 Letter Words for Backwardness

abands, abased, abaser, abases, abcess, abears, abends, abrade, abrase, ackers, acknew, acreak, adance, adware, anders, andrew, anears, ankers, answer, arcade, arcane, ardass, ardebs, areads, arecas, arenas, ascare, ascend, askars, askers, awaken, awakes, awards, awarns, awners, awrack, awreak, awreck, baases, backed, backen, backer, backra, badass, bakers, bakras, bandar, bandas, bander, banked, banker, barcas, bardes, bareca, bareka, barkan, barked, barken, barned, basans, basked, basker, bassan, bassed, basser, beards, becard, bedark, bedawn, besand, bracae, braced, braces, bracks, braked, brakes, brands, branks, brasen, brases, brasse, brawns, breads, breaks, bwanas, cabane, cabers, cadres, cakras, canard, caners, canker, carane, caress, carked, carses, casabe, casern, casked, cassan, cawker, cedarn, cedars, craked, crakes, craned, cranes, cranks, crases, creaks, crenas, dacker, dakers, dancer, dances, danker, darken, darwan, daswen, dawner, dearns, debark, debars, decarb, denars, dewans, dewars, drakes, drecks, ecanda, endark, escars, eskars, kabars, kansas, kanses, karewa, keasar, kebars, kerana, kesars, knawes, kneads, nabses, nacred, nacres, nakers, narced, nasard, nasser, nawabs, neback, neckar, nerkas, newark, raband, rackan, racked, ranced, rances, ranked, rankes, ranses, reback, rebank, reckan, redans, redawn, resaca, resack, resawn, resaws, rescan, rwanda, saance, sabeca, sabers, sabras, sacked, sacken, sacker, sacrad, sacred, sakers, sandak, sander, sandra, sansar, sarans, sarsen, sarwan, sawder, sawers, sawneb, scarab, scards, scared, scares, scenas, scends, scrabe, scrabs, scraes, scrank, scrans, scrawk, scraws, screak, screws, seanad, seawan, sedans, seracs, serdab, sesban, sewans, sewars, skance, skanda, skeans, skears, skrans, snacks, snaked, snaker, snakes, snared, snares, snarks, snawed, sneads, sneaks, snecks, swanks, swards, sweard, swears, wacked, wacken, wacker, wackes, waders, wakane, wakens, wakers, wander, wanked, wanker, warden, warked, warned, wedana, wesand, wracks, wrasse, wreaks, wrecks

5 Letter Words for Backwardness

aback, abacs, aband, abase, abask, abear, abend, abkar, abner, acerb, acers, acker, acned, acnes, acred, acres, adawe, adawn, adaws, anack, ancra, ancre, andes, andre, anear, anker, ansae, ansar, anser, arabs, arace, arake, araks, arank, arase, arawn, arbas, arcae, arced, arces, ardea, ardeb, aread, areas, areca, arena, arend, arked, arnas, arsed, ascan, askar, asked, asker, askew, assed, aswan, awacs, awake, awane, award, aware, awarn, awber, awned, awner, baaed, backs, badan, baked, baken, baker, bakes, bakra, banak, banca, bancs, banda, bande, bands, baned, banes, banks, barad, barca, barde, bards, bared, bares, barks, barns, barse, basad, basan, based, baser, bases, baske, basks, basse, bawds, bawke, bawns, bawrs, beads, beaks, beans, beard, bears, becks, benda, bends, berks, besan, besaw, besra, braca, brace, brack, brads, braes, brake, brand, brank, brans, brass, brawn, braws, bread, break, breck, brens, brews, bwana, caban, cabas, cabda, caber, cabre, cader, cades, cadew, cadra, cadre, caked, caker, cakes, cakra, caned, caner, canes, carbs, cards, cared, cares, carks, carne, carns, carse, casas, cased, caser, cases, casks, casse, cawed, cawks, cedar, ceras, cesar, crabs, crake, crane, crank, crans, crass, craws, cread, creak, creda, creds, crena, cress, crews, daces, dakar, daker, dance, danes, danke, danks, dansk, darac, darbs, dares, darks, darns, dawen, dawks, dawns, deans, dearn, dears, deaws, debar, decan, decks, denar, derns, desks, dessa, dewan, dewar, draba, drabs, drack, drake, drank, drawk, drawn, draws, dreck, dreks, dress, eards, earns, ecads, escar, eskar, kabar, kades, kanas, kande, kanes, kansa, karas, karen, karns, kaser, kawed, kbars, kearn, kebar, kerns, kesar, knars, knawe, knead, krabs, krans, krebs, ksars, nabak, nabes, nabks, nacre, nadas, naked, naker, naras, narcs, nards, nares, nasab, nawab, nears, necks, nerds, nerka, nerks, raced, races, racks, rakan, raked, rakes, ranas, rance, rands, ranke, ranks, rasen, rasse, rawns, reads, reaks, reans, reask, reban, recks, redan, rends, resaw, rewan, sabed, saber, sabes, sabra, sacks, sacra, sacre, sades, saker, sakes, sands, saned, saner, sanes, sanka, sansa, saran, sarda, sards, sared, sarks, sarna, sarsa, sasan, sawan, sawed, sawer, scabs, scads, scand, scans, scare, scarn, scars, scase, scawd, scaws, scena, scend, scrab, scrae, scran, scraw, screw, seans, sears, sedan, senas, sends, sensa, serab, serac, seraw, serks, sewan, sewar, skaws, skean, skear, skers, skews, skran, snabs, snack, snake, snare, snark, snars, snaws, snead, sneak, snebs, sneck, sneds, swabs, swack, swads, swank, swans, sward, sware, swear, swerd, wacke, wacks, wadas, wader, wades, wadna, wakan, wakas, waked, waken, waker, wakes, wands, waned, waner, wanes, wanks, wards, wared, wares, warks, warns, warse, wases, weans, wears, wecks, wekas, wends, wrack, wreak, wreck, wrens

4 Letter Words for Backwardness

abac, abas, abcs, abed, acad, aced, acer, aces, acne, acre, adar, adaw, aden, akan, aked, aker, akes, akra, anas, anba, ance, anda, ands, anes, anew, anre, ansa, arab, arad, arak, arba, arbs, arca, arcs, ards, area, ared, aren, ares, arew, arks, arna, asak, asar, asea, asks, asse, assn, awed, awes, awns, baar, baas, back, bacs, bade, bads, baka, bake, banc, band, bane, bank, bans, bara, bard, bare, bark, barn, bars, base, bask, bass, bawd, bawn, bawr, bead, beak, bean, bear, beck, beds, bena, bend, bens, berk, bern, besa, bess, brad, brae, bran, bras, braw, bred, brew, caba, cabs, cade, cads, cake, cand, cane, cank, cans, carb, card, care, cark, carn, cars, casa, case, cask, cass, cawk, caws, ceas, cens, cera, cern, cess, crab, cran, craw, cred, cres, crew, crwd, daba, dabs, dace, daer, daes, daks, dana, dane, dank, dans, darb, dare, dark, darn, dase, dawe, dawk, dawn, daws, dbrn, dean, dear, deas, deaw, debs, deck, dens, derk, dern, desc, desk, dess, dews, drab, draw, drew, eans, eard, earn, ears, ebcd, ecad, ends, eras, erks, erns, esca, ewks, kaas, kabs, kade, kaes, kana, kand, kane, kans, kara, karn, kasa, kaws, kbar, keas, kebs, keds, kend, kens, kera, kern, kers, knab, knar, knaw, knew, krab, kran, kras, krna, ksar, kwan, nabe, nabk, nabs, nace, nada, nake, narc, nard, nare, nark, narw, nasa, near, nebs, neck, neds, neks, nerd, nerk, ness, news, nsec, raad, raca, race, rack, rada, rade, rads, rake, rana, rand, rane, rank, rasa, rawn, raws, read, reak, rean, rebs, recd, reck, recs, reds, rend, renk, rews, saba, sabe, sabs, sack, sacs, sade, sadr, saek, sake, sana, sand, sane, sank, sans, sard, sare, sark, sars, sasa, saws, scab, scad, scan, scar, scaw, seak, sean, sear, seas, sebs, seck, secs, sena, send, sens, serb, serk, sers, sewn, sews, skas, skaw, sked, sken, sker, skew, snab, snar, snaw, sneb, sned, snew, srac, ssed, swab, swad, swan, swbs, waac, waar, wabe, wabs, wace, wack, wacs, wada, wade, wads, waes, waka, wake, wand, wane, wank, wans, warb, ward, ware, wark, warn, wars, wase, wasn, weak, wean, wear, webs, weck, weds, weka, wend, wens, wran, wren

3 Letter Words for Backwardness

aas, aba, abc, abd, abn, abr, abs, ace, ack, adc, ade, ads, aer, aes, aka, ake, ana, anc, and, ane, ans, ara, arb, arc, ard, are, ark, arn, ars, asb, ase, ask, ass, awa, awd, awe, awk, awn, aws, baa, bac, bad, bae, ban, bar, bas, baw, bcd, bde, bds, bec, bed, ben, ber, bes, bks, bns, bra, bwr, cab, cad, can, car, caw, cdr, cen, cer, ckw, cns, crs, csk, csw, dab, dae, dak, dan, dar, das, daw, dca, dcb, dea, deb, dec, den, der, des, dew, dks, dna, dsr, ead, ean, ear, eas, ebn, ebs, ecb, eds, enc, end, ens, era, erd, erk, ern, ers, esc, esd, esr, ess, ewk, kab, kae, kan, kas, kaw, kea, keb, ked, ken, kra, krs, kwa, naa, nab, nad, nae, nak, nar, nas, naw, nbe, nbw, nea, neb, ned, nek, new, rab, rad, ran, ras, raw, rcd, rea, reb, rec, red, res, rew, rna, rnd, rwd, saa, sab, sac, sad, san, sar, saw, sbe, sbw, scd, scr, sds, sea, sec, sed, sen, ser, sew, ska, sse, ssw, swa, wab, wac, wad, wae, wan, war, was, wbn, wbs, wcs, web, wed, wen, wer

Definitions for Backwardness

[1] toward the back or rear.
[2] with the back foremost.
[3] in the reverse of the usual or right way: counting backward from 100.
[4] toward the past: to look backward over one's earlier mistakes.
[5] toward a less advanced state; retrogressively: Since the overthrow of the president the country has moved steadily backward.
[6] directed toward the back or past.
[7] reversed; returning: a backward movement; a backward journey.
[8] behind in time or progress; late; slow: a backward learner; a backward country.
[9] bashful or hesitant; shy: a backward lover.
[10] backward and forward , thoroughly: He knew his lesson backward and forward. Also backwards and forwards.
[11] (usually prenominal) directed towards the rear a backward glance
[12] retarded in physical, material, or intellectual development backward countries ; a backward child
[13] of or relating to the past; conservative or reactionary (in combination ) backward-looking
[14] reluctant or bashful a backward lover
[15] chess (of a pawn) behind neighbouring pawns and unable to be supported by them
[16] a variant of backwards

Words related to Backwardness

backwardretardation, idiocy, abnormality, slowness, diffidence, demureness, reluctance, reticence, coyness, hesitancy, timidness

Words nearby Backwardness

backwardbacksword, backswordman, backtrack, backup, backup light, backward, backward and forward, backward heart failure, backwardation, backwards, backwash

Origin of Backwardness

First recorded in 1250–1300, backward is from the Middle English word bakwarde. See back1, -ward

Other words from Backwardness

back·ward·ly , adverb
back·ward·ness , noun
un·back·ward , adjective

Synonyms for Backwardness

abnormality, idiocy, retardation, slowness, mental deficiency, mental retardation