upward

Speech parts

1. upward - Noun

2. upward - Adjective

3. upward - Adverb

5. upward - Adjective Satellite

6. Upward - Proper noun

Meaning

Alt. of Upwards

Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.

The upper part; the top.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

up upwards upwardly over above increasing skyward vertical rising overhead climbing perpendicular ascending aloft higher
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Antonyms

down downward downwards elementary infra first
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Phrases with the word

upward of move upward upward slope upward gradient sweep upward sloping upward

Anagrams

updraw

Examples

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. Charlotte Brontë

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit. Felix Adler

Have I not walked without an upward look Of caution under stars that very well Might not have missed me when they shot and fell It was a risk I had to takeand took. Robert Frost

Do not plant a tree with its root upward. Russian Proverb

Prayer is a wish turned upward. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

upvoter UPW upwaft upward bias upward compatible upward creep