Reverse Dictionary: BACKWARD

ADJECTIVES
..897 ► UNBOLD backward, slow; lacking in boldness; timid, bashful → obs.
1382 ► LATESOME backward; slow, sluggish; tiresome, tedious → chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial. usage
1538 ► LATEWARD backward, late, slow; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year → obs.
1573 ► LATEWARDLY backward, late, slow; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year → obs.
1849 ► BACKERLY backward; behindhand, late → Eng. dial.
1866 ► AWKWARD backward; back-handed → Eng. dial.
1880 ► SCLACK backward → Sc.
1905 ► UNDERLY backward, behind time → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1924 ► BAICH backward → Sc.
1969 ► HALF-ASSED BACKWARDS backward, awkward, clumsy → Amer. dial.
1970 ► SWINGIN’ out of style; backward → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► BACKASSED pert. to a manner that is backward, awkward, or roundabout → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► CORNFED backward; rural; unsophisticated → US sl. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
1892 ► BACKERLY backward, late → Eng. dial.
1898 ► AREAR backward, behind → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)

NOUNS
1605 ► IMPROFICIENCE backwardness; lack of proficiency; unskilfulness → obs.
1647 ► IMPROFICIENCY backwardness; lack of proficiency; unskilfulness 
1898 ► BAUCHNESS backwardness or lowness arising from timidity → Sc. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1966 ► DIBBLE a backward person; a rustic → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1966 ► NECK an extremely backward person; a rustic → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1968 ► DORF a backward fellow; a rustic → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1968 ► HAYSHAKER a rustic; a backward fellow → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1969 ► GLEEP a backward person; a clod → US high school sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► HUMMER an idiot; a backward person → US students’ sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1968 ► SLIP A CLUTCH to be unaware; to be backward → US students’ sl. (Bk.)