Upward Synonyms and Antonyms

ŭpwərd
Extending or moving toward a higher place
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. up
  2. higher
  3. skyward
  4. in-the-air
  5. acclivous (sloping upward)
  6. uphill
  7. anabatic
  8. away from the earth
  9. up the slope
  10. ascending
  11. on an incline
  12. ascensional
  13. up-north
  14. ascensive
  15. assurgent
Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. up
  2. upwards
  3. above
  4. antrorse
  5. ascending
  6. greater
  7. higher
  8. lofty
  9. skyward
  10. uphill
  11. upwardly
Antonyms:
  1. downward
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. acclivity
  2. assurgency
  3. escalation

Words Related to Upward

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. downwards
  2. upward-motion
  3. outward
  4. inwards

Upward Sentence Examples

  • Keeping along the long wall, she inched her way upward, sticking to the shadows.

  • They wound about, always going upward, for some time.

  • This process is an upward one, through the formation of the solar system and of our earth with its inorganic bodies, up to the production of man.

  • A great upward movement has, however, been observable since 1863.

  • The Woman Soul leads us upward and on!

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