[{"Bold_text": "adverb", "List Items": ["toward the back or rear.Antonyms: forward", "with the back foremost.", "in the reverse of the usual or right way:counting backward from 100.", "toward the past:to look backward over one's earlier mistakes.", "toward a less advanced state; retrogressively:Since the overthrow of the president the country has moved steadily backward."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["directed toward the back or past.", "reversed; returning:a backward movement;a backward journey.", "behind in time or progress; late; slow:a backward learner;a backward country.Synonyms: underdeveloped , retarded , tardy", "bashful or hesitant; shy:a backward lover.Synonyms: retiring , timid , disinclined"]}]