The hill slopes downward to the river.
Source: tatoeba (19854)
Downward
//ˈdaʊnwɚd//
Synonyms for "downward" (82 found)
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Strong matches (24)
Related words (41)
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2 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 14 languages.
Bashkir
2 entries- аҫҡа adv (toward a lower level)
- түбән adv (toward a lower level)
Bulgarian
2 entries- спадащ adj (moving down)
- надолу adv (toward a lower level)
Dutch
1 entries- neerwaarts adj (moving down)
Faroese
4 entries- hallandi adj (moving down)
- lækkandi adj (moving down)
- niður adv (toward a lower level)
- niðureftir adv (toward a lower level)
Finnish
2 entries- laskeva adj (moving down)
- alaspäin adv (toward a lower level)
German
4 entries- Abwärts adj (moving down)
- absteigend adj (moving down)
- nach unten gehend adj (moving down)
- niedersinkend adj (moving down)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸 adv (toward a lower level)
Hebrew
3 entries- כְּלַפֵּימַטָּה־ adv (toward a lower level)
- לְמַטָּה adv (toward a lower level)
- מַטָּה adv (toward a lower level)
Malayalam
1 entries- താഴേക്ക് adv (toward a lower level)
Māori
3 entries- whakararo adj (moving down)
- ki raro adv (toward a lower level)
- whakararo adv (toward a lower level)
Romanian
4 entries- coborâtor adj (moving down)
- descendent adj (moving down)
- în coborâre adv (toward a lower level)
- în jos adv (toward a lower level)
Russian
3 entries- нисходя́щий adj (moving down)
- спуска́ющийся adj (moving down)
- вниз adv (toward a lower level)
Spanish
4 entries- a la baja adj (moving down)
- cuesta abajo adj (moving down)
- hacia abajo adj (moving down)
- hacia abajo adv (toward a lower level)
Swedish
4 entries- nedåt adj (moving down)
- neråt adj (moving down)
- nedåt adv (toward a lower level)
- neråt adv (toward a lower level)
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.
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