| Main Entry: | backward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | toward the rear |
Synonyms: |
astern, behind, inverted, rearward, regressive, retrograde |
Antonyms: |
ahead, forward, to the front |
| Main Entry: | reactionary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conservative |
Synonyms: |
counterrevolutionary, die-hard, obscurantist, old-line, orthodox, regressive, retrogressive, right, rightist, rigid, standpat, tory, traditional, traditionalistic |
Antonyms: |
liberal, progressive, radical |
| Main Entry: | recessive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | passive |
Synonyms: |
dormant, inactive, latent, latent, receding, regressive, relapsing, suspended |
Antonyms: |
dominant, overbalancing, prevailing |
| Main Entry: | reversed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | turned around |
Synonyms: |
backward, contrariwise, converse, everted, inside out, inverted, opposite, regressive, transposed, turned, turned back |
Antonyms: |
established, in order, ordered |
| Main Entry: | mossbacked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reactionary |
Synonyms: |
counterrevolutionary, die-hard, obscurantist, old-line, orthodox, regressive, retrogressive, right, rightist, rigid, standpat, tory, traditional, traditionalistic, ultraconservative |
| Main Entry: | retrogressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | backward |
Synonyms: |
astern, behind, inverted, rearward, regressive, retrograde |