Synonyms and Antonyms for Backwardness

Following is a list of 200 synonym words and phrases that are related to backwardness:

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3 Letter Words

laggap

4 Letter Words

latepoor

5 Letter Words

delay

6 Letter Words

behindmiseryapathyidiocy

7 Letter Words

delayedlaggingoverduefailuredeficitneglectbacklogpovertysqualorbigotrycrudityatavismmisruledulnessmalaiseelitism

8 Letter Words

slownessdelayingobsoleteslippagelatenessoutmodedoutdatedinferiorobduracysavagerycasteismlazinessdisunitylethargyeconomicvenalitytepidity

9 Letter Words

tardinessshortfallignorancebarbarismindolencebarbaritystagnancystupidityinutilitymodernityobstinacyineptnessfeudalisminjusticeextremismcrudenessservilityarroganceprejudicedepravityhypocrisyfrigiditydespotismtorpiditydirtinessautocracyracialismtribalismabsurditypassivity

10 Letter Words

retrograderegressionilliteracychauvinismfeeblenessimbecilityoppressionobtusenessstagnationabjectnesssupinenessradicalismdegeneracyinadequacyineptitudeinsularitybarrennessalienationperversitynarrownessinhumanityinaptitudeinsipidity

11 Letter Words

retardationundevelopedprimitivityslavishnessprimitivismuncouthnessmarginalitysubjugationcommunalismreactionismuselessnesscolonialismintolerancewaywardnessirrelevanceinferioritypassivenessdestitutioningratitudecomplacency

12 Letter Words

subnormalitydisadvantageinefficiencyobscurantismwretchednessincompetencyilliberalityparochialismindifferencebarbarianismfecklessnessincompetenceslothfulnesshelplessnessillogicalityincapabilityphilistinismdisaffectionsuperstitionimprovidencelandlessnesscowardlinessenfeeblementrootlessnesscluelessnessdegenerationsectarianismclannishness

13 Letter Words

retrogressiveprimitivenessbenightednessshiftlessnessprovincialismbureaucratismmisgovernanceprovincialitymisgovernmentretrogressiontribalizationpusillanimitymystificationgrotesquenessirrationalismintransigencesegregationalirreligiositymercilessness

14 Letter Words

underdevelopedrepressivenessdemoralisationunintelligenceunpreparednesstraditionalismineffectualityuntouchabilitydemoralizationhighhandednessstultificationregressivenessobstructionismoppressivenesscivilisationalcivilizationalunproductivityavariciousness

15 Letter Words

marginalizationprogressivenessmarginalisationethnocentricityirreligiousnessincomprehensionintellectualitycolonializationethnocentricismhardheartednesscolonialisationineffectualness

16 Letter Words

underdevelopmentnarrowmindednessshortsightednessunsophisticationunattractiveness

17 Letter Words

superstitiousnessindustrialization

18 Letter Words

mental retardation

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