[
  {
    "word": "backward",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/backward-au.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75899446",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8b\u00e6k.w\u0259(\u0279)d/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8b\u00e6kw\u025ad/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The state behind or past.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(of motion) In the direction towards the back.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "They left without a backward glance."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of motion) In the direction reverse of normal.",
            "synonyms": [
              "retrograde"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The occasional backward movement of planets is evidence they revolve around the sun."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Reluctant or unable to advance.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of a culture: undeveloped or unsophisticated.",
            "synonyms": [
              "Third World",
              "developing"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "First World",
              "developed",
              "forward"
            ]
          },
          {
            "definition": "Outdated.",
            "synonyms": [
              "antediluvian",
              "antiquated",
              "backwards",
              "parachronistic",
              "retrograde"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "progressive"
            ]
          },
          {
            "definition": "On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Unwilling; averse; reluctant.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a backward child"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Late or behindhand.",
            "synonyms": [
              "overdue",
              "tardy"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a backward season"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Already past or gone; bygone.",
            "synonyms": [
              "forepast",
              "historical"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "Third World",
          "developing",
          "antediluvian",
          "antiquated",
          "backwards",
          "parachronistic",
          "retrograde",
          "forepast",
          "historical",
          "overdue",
          "tardy",
          "retrograde"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "First World",
          "developed",
          "forward",
          "progressive"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(of motion) In the direction towards the back; backwards",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to throw the arms backward"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "By way of reflection; reflexively.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "backwards"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "forward",
          "forwards"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/backward"
    ]
  }
]