Backward and Late

Backward

Backward adjective - Directed, turned, or done toward the back.

Late is a synonym for backward in shy topic. In some cases you can use "Late" instead the word "Backward" as an adjective or an adverb, when it comes to topics like bashful, delayed, slow in growth.

Late

Late adjective - Not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time.

Backward is a synonym for late in delayed topic. You can use "Backward" instead the word "Late" as an adjective or an adverb, if it concerns topics such as at the last minute, not on time.

Nearby Words: lately, lateness

Both words in one sentence

  • He peppers his shows with some variation of "After doing some research..." and claims that he only reviews games from the late eighties and early nineties because he's supposedly been playing said games for 20+ years and knows them forward and backward.
    Source: Dan Browned
  • Film / A Time to Kill Two Decades Behind: The premise is absurdly anachronistic, especially since the South wasn't that backward in the late 1980s and the Klan was rapidly being supplanted by neo-Nazi youth gangs by that point.
  • Magic A Is Magic A The only two powers to which he has continual access are Insight (being able to see events going on at the present) and Foresight (being able to see future events; part of the latter is due to Merlin's being born circa the late 20th Century and living backward through time).
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