Backward and Round

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Backward

Backward adverb - Toward the opposite direction.
Usage example: the loud noise prompted him to glance backward to see what was happening
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Round and backward are semantically related in approach topic. In some cases you can use "Round" instead an adverb "Backward".
Nearby Words: back, backwater, backwardness, backwards, backwardation

Round

Round adverb - Toward the opposite direction.
Usage example: turned round to see who was calling out
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Backward and round are semantically related in approach topic. Sometimes you can use "Backward" instead an adverb "Round".
Nearby Words: rounded, rounder, roundly, roundel, roundish

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  • Literature / Something Wicked This Way Comes Fountain of Youth / Overnight Age-Up: One revolution forward on the carnival's merry-go-round will age the rider one year; one revolution backward will de-age him/her a year.
    Source: Literature / Something Wicked This Way Comes
  • William Guest travels from 1889 to 2002, so neither the destination year nor the time gap is round number — but it's the same time gap used in Looking Backward, which was written a couple of years earlier and set in the rounded year 2000.
    Source: Literature / News from Nowhere
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