“upward”

Definitions

• adjective

  directed up

  Synonyms: above, abovestairs, airward, aloft, aloof, anabatic, ascendant, ascending, ascensional, ascensive, axial, back

  • Example:“The cards were face upward.”
  • Example:“an upward stroke of the pen”

• adjective

  extending or moving toward a higher place

  Synonyms: up

  • Example:“the up staircase”
  • Example:“a general upward movement of fish”

• adverb

  spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

  Synonyms: up, upwards, upwardly

  Antonyms: downward

  • Example:“Look up!”
  • Example:“The music surged up.”

• adverb

  to a later time

  Synonyms: up, upwards

  • Example:“They moved the meeting date up.”
  • Example:“from childhood upward”