rearwards

1. 1.

   at or to or toward the back or rear

   “he moved back”

   “tripped when he stepped backward”

   “she looked rearward out the window of the car”

   Synonymsbackbackwardbackwardsrearward

Questions about rearwards

What does rearwards mean?

rearwards means "at or to or toward the back or rear".

How many syllables are in rearwards?

rearwards has 3 syllables: re-ar-wards. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for rearwards?

Close synonyms include back, backward, backwards, rearward. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rearwards a common word?

rearwards is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.