Synonyms for upward
ˈʌp wərdup·ward

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1. upwardadjective

   directed up

   "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen"

   Synonyms:
   upward(a), up(a)

   Antonyms:
   down, descending(a), downward, downwardly, downwards

2. up(a), upward(a)adverb

   extending or moving toward a higher place

   "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"

   Antonyms:
   down, descending(a), downward, downwards, downwardly

3. up, upwards, upward, upwardlyadverb

   spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

   "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"

   Synonyms:
   up, upwardly, upwards

   Antonyms:
   down, descending(a), downward, downwards, downwardly

4. up, upwards, upwardadverb

   to a later time

   "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward"

   Synonyms:
   up, upwardly, upwards

   Antonyms:
   down, descending(a), downwardly, downwards, downward

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1. upwardadjective

   Synonyms:
   ascending, uphill

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1. upwardadjective

   Synonyms:
   ascending, acclivous (sloping upward)

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1. List of paraphrases for "upward":

   bottom-up, upwards, up, upside, upstream, ascendant, rising, upshift, bullish, increasing

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How to use upward in a sentence?

1. Chris Vagasky:

   That can cause what is known as self-initiated upward lightning, so the lightning occurs because you have charged at the tip of this wind turbine blade that is really close to the base of the cloud, and it’s really easy to get a connection of the electric charge.

2. President Trump:

   People want to work for what they get, so I think this idea of a guaranteed minimum is not something most people want. They want the ability to be able to secure a job. They want the ability to live in a country where there's the potential for upward mobility.

3. Art Hogan:

   We saw a significant beat from JPMorgan and that's helping the psychology of the market, with the weaker dollar helping commodities and better-than-expected economic data, the market is taking the path of least resistance with an upward bias.

4. Chairman Thomas Jordan:

   This is especially important at the moment, as upward pressure on the Swiss franc has intensified once again.

5. Thomas Huxley:

   It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodelling of the organism in adaptation to new conditions but it depends on the nature of those conditions whether the directions of the modifications effected shall be upward or downward.