Definitions For Backwardness

noun

  • Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

verb

  • Toward the back : to or toward what is behind
  • Opposite to the usual way : in reverse
  • Toward the past

Is Backwardness a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
24
Words with Friends
27

The word Backwardness is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Backwardness in a Sentence

  • A sudden movement backward, not forward
  • I heard a noise behind me and glanced backward.
  • He pushed the throttle backward.
  • A technologically backward village that has no running water
  • A backward turn on ice skates is hard to learn because you can't see where you're going

Synonyms for Backwardness

Antonyms for Backwardness

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