Synonyms and Antonyms for Backwardness

Following is a list of 150 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

delayedlaggingoverduefailuredeficitneglectbacklogpovertysqualorbigotrycrudityatavismmisruledulness

8 Letter Words

slownessdelayingobsoleteslippagelatenessoutmodedoutdatedinferiorobduracysavagerycasteismlazinessdisunitylethargyeconomicvenality

9 Letter Words

tardinessshortfallignorancebarbarismindolencebarbaritystagnancystupidityinutilitymodernityobstinacyineptnessfeudalisminjusticeextremismcrudenessservilityarroganceprejudicedepravity

10 Letter Words

retrograderegressionilliteracychauvinismfeeblenessimbecilityoppressionobtusenessstagnationabjectnesssupinenessradicalismdegeneracyinadequacyineptitudeinsularitybarrennessalienationperversitynarrowness

11 Letter Words

retardationundevelopedprimitivityslavishnessprimitivismuncouthnessmarginalitysubjugationcommunalism

12 Letter Words

subnormalitydisadvantageinefficiencyobscurantismwretchednessincompetencyilliberalityparochialismindifferencebarbarianismfecklessnessincompetenceslothfulnesshelplessnessillogicalityincapabilityphilistinismdisaffectionsuperstition

13 Letter Words

retrogressiveprimitivenessbenightednessshiftlessnessprovincialismbureaucratismmisgovernanceprovincialitymisgovernmentretrogressiontribalizationpusillanimitymystificationgrotesqueness

14 Letter Words

underdevelopedrepressivenessdemoralisationunintelligenceunpreparednesstraditionalismineffectualityuntouchabilitydemoralizationhighhandednessstultificationregressivenessobstructionismoppressiveness

15 Letter Words

marginalizationprogressivenessmarginalisationethnocentricityirreligiousnessincomprehensionintellectualitycolonializationethnocentricism

16 Letter Words

underdevelopmentnarrowmindednessshortsightednessunsophistication

17 Letter Words

superstitiousness

18 Letter Words

mental retardation

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