Backward :: Backward (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Already past or gone; bygone.
Backward :: Backward (n.) The state behind or past.
Backward :: Backward (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.
Backwardation :: Backwardation (n.) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango..