Backwards
Backwards adverb - In a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal.
In the opposite direction and backwards are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In the opposite direction" instead an adverb "Backwards".
In the opposite direction
Backwards and in the opposite direction are semantically related. You can use "Backwards" instead an adverb phrase "In the opposite direction".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Go back to the start of the track and build it backwards, connecting the first upward slope with another upward slope in the opposite direction, forming a cusp.
Source: Cruel Player-Character God -
Now Do It Again Backwards: Going through a storm pushes you ahead in time, and going through it again in the opposite direction... Nubile Savage: Daena, and boy is she ever.
Source: Film / Planet of the Apes (2001) - Two random cops manage to start the car chase by driving backwards (the suspect took off in the opposite direction while they were parked), executing a hairpin turn before taking off after him forwards.
Source: Hollywood Police Driving Academy
Cite this Source
In the opposite direction and Backwards. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/backwards/in_the_opposite_direction
Backwards & In the opposite direction. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/backwards/in_the_opposite_direction>.
In the opposite direction or Backwards. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/backwards/in_the_opposite_direction.
