upward

Adjective Satellite

• directed up
  • "the cards were face upward"
  • "an upward stroke of the pen"
• extending or moving toward a higher place
  • "a general upward movement of fish"

Adverb

• Moving or extending toward a higher place or position.
• spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
  • "the fragments flew upwards"
  • "prices soared upwards"
  • "upwardly mobile"
• to a later time
  • "from childhood upward"

Adv

• In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.
• In the upper parts; above.
• Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

Noun

• The upper part; the top.

Adj

• Directed toward a higher place.

Examples

• His gaze turned upward, contemplating the potential for a bingo across the top row.
• We ran upward.
• with upward eye; with upward course

Synonyms

up, upwardly, upwards, cloudward, cloudwards

Antonyms

down, downward, downwardly, downwards

Related Words

UPWARDLY

Anagrams of upward