backwards
adjective
°Oriented toward the back.
"The battleship had three backwards guns at the stern, in addition to the primary complement."
°Reversed.
"The backwards lettering on emergency vehicles makes it possible to read in the rear-view mirror."
verb
°Toward the back.
"The cabinet toppled over backwards."
°In the opposite direction of usual.
"The clock did not work because the battery was inserted backwards."
synonyms: mirror image, switched, back to front, crude more» , dated, obsolete, primitive, awkward, fumbling, incompetent, poor, hindwards, rearward, retrograde, contrariwise, reversedly, back to front, in reverse