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