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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. top-downadjective

    Antonyms:
    bottom-up

  2. top-downadjective

    Antonyms:
    bottom-up

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 3 votes

  1. top-downadjective

    of an approach to a problem that begins at the highest conceptual level and works down to the details

    "a top-down analysis might begin by looking at macro-economic trends"; "top-down programming"

    Antonyms:
    bottom-up

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "top-down":

    downward, descending, scion, vertical, descendant, descendent, hierarchical

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#4295vertical
#9606descending
#14052hierarchical
#14889downward
#16375scion
#28531descendant
#70432descendent

How to use top-down in a sentence?

  1. Michael Peroutka:

    The other thing that just is so striking to me, I can't get it out of my brain, and that is the vision of Building 7 falling faster than the speed of gravity, right ? Building 7, which no plane hit, and all of a sudden Building 7 falls, very consistent with what they call controlled demolitions or controlled charges because that building from the top down falls faster than if you had thrown a hammer off the top of the building.

  2. Jeb Bush:

    But I think her approach -- the top-down, progressive approach where it's all decided from up above and just basically get in line and do what we're told -- is not the one that has created the greatness of the most extraordinary country on the face of the earth.

  3. Zachary Shipstead:

    The question is did top-down executive function improve, is the brain changing in a meaningful way, or are these changes just specific to the task?

  4. Jeb Bush on Tuesday:

    The animal spirits of this country are being stifled by this top-down-driven regulatory system that is choking off the next generation of job creators.

  5. Mayor Bill de Blasio:

    Instead of a top-down approach, we are now doing a bottom-up approach, the best reforms happen from the grassroots.


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