backward vs retrospective

backward is not a noun while retrospective is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
backward	No	Yes	No	Yes
retrospective	Yes	Yes	No	No

backward (noun)	retrospective (noun)
	an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work

backward (adjective)	retrospective (adjective)
directed or facing toward the back or rear	concerned with or related to the past
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
retarded in intellectual development
having made less than normal progress

backward (adverb)	retrospective (adverb)
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
in or to or toward a past time
at or to or toward the back or rear