The hill slopes downward to the river.
Source: tatoeba (19854)
Downward
/ˈdaʊnwɚd/
Synonyms for "downward" (107 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (22)
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(2 words)
cascade downdescending line
Strong matches (32)
Adverb(3 words)
Adjective(6 words)
Noun(1 words)
drift earthward
Related words (53)
Noun(6 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(6 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
4 entriesdescriptive adjectivedescriptive termdirectional adjectivedirectional adverb
More specific
7 entriesdeclining salesdownward curvedownward linedownward slopedownward trendnegative slopewaning interest
Collocations
9 entriesdownward directiondownward gazedownward movementdownward shiftdownward slopedownward spiraldownward tiltdownward trajectorydownward trend
Inflections
2 entriesmore downwardmost downward
Derivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- спадащ adj (moving down)
Dutch
1 entries- neerwaarts adj (moving down)
Faroese
2 entries- hallandi adj (moving down)
- lækkandi adj (moving down)
Finnish
1 entries- laskeva adj (moving down)
German
4 entries- Abwärts- adj (moving down)
- absteigend adj (moving down)
- nach unten gehend adj (moving down)
- niedersinkend adj (moving down)
Māori
1 entries- whakararo adj (moving down)
Romanian
2 entries- coborâtor adj (moving down)
- descendent adj (moving down)
Russian
2 entries- нисходя́щий adj (moving down)
- спуска́ющийся adj (moving down)
Spanish
3 entries- a la baja adj (moving down)
- cuesta abajo adj (moving down)
- hacia abajo adj (moving down)
Swedish
2 entries- nedåt adj (moving down)
- neråt adj (moving down)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
The water runs downward to the pond.
Source: tatoeba (45983)
I was looking downward to the bottom of the valley.
Source: tatoeba (259365)
He went downward in life.
Source: tatoeba (286892)
Showing 4 of 27 available sentences.