Synonyms for downward
ˈdaʊn wərddown·ward

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1. down(a), downward(a)adjective

   extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

   "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"

   Antonyms:
   ascending(a), up, upwardly, upward, upwards

2. downward(ip)adverb

   on or toward a surface regarded as a base

   "he lay face downward"; "the downward pull of gravity"

   Antonyms:
   ascending(a), up, upwardly, upward, upwards

3. down, downwards, downward, downwardlyadverb

   spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

   "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"

   Synonyms:
   down, downwardly, downwards

   Antonyms:
   up, ascending(a), upwardly, upwards, upward

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1. downwardadjective

   Synonyms:
   down, in a descending course

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1. List of paraphrases for "downward":

   downwards, top-down, down, decreasing, regressive, downstream, declining, degressive

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1. Lee Hardman:

   Optimism from earlier this year that policy stimulus in China would provide more support for economic growth in Asia appears to be fading, in these circumstances, commodity-related and emerging market currencies are coming back under downward pressure against the dollar.

2. Liu Kun:

   Considering the downward pressure on the economy and the upcoming policy of larger tax and fee cuts, some regions will still face relatively big budgetary pressure this year.

3. Joe Brusuelas:

   I ’m advising policymakers and clients to ignore the topline number [ of 517,000 ], that being said, even if a downward revision takes away 200,000 or so off the top, Joe Brusuelas still are sitting at around 300,000.

4. The NBS:

   Even though the rate of industrial losses narrowed in September, given that downward pressure on the industrial economy continues, the industrial profit outlook is still not optimistic.

5. Anthony Leiserowitz:

   You get this downward spiral of nobody discussing it, the fact that we don't hear about it all that often -- including from the news media -- and because we don't talk about it with our friends and our families and our social networks -- then therefore it's not that important, or can't be that important, because if it was we'd all be talking about it.