Upward

/ˈʌpwɚd/

Synonyms for "upward" (135 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Adjective(6 words)

up aboveground aloft ascendent ascending assurgent

above abovestairs airward aloft aloof anabatic ascendant ascending ascensional ascensive axial back back-flowing backward climbing descending down-trending

Noun(3 words)

air temperature aloftascending countcontact force upward

Adverb(1 words)

cloudwards

Strong matches (41)

downward drifting flowing fluent flying going gyrational gyratory heavenward highhigh upin the airin the ascendantin the cloudsleaping mountingon highon stiltson the peakon tiptoe

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over overhead passing plunging progressive rampant rearing reflowing

Noun(5 words)

earth up stemshigher thanicelandic rísamore heightpush up

Adjective(5 words)

economic risegrowing trendhigher numberincreasingpositive delta y

Adverb(1 words)

heavenwards

Verb(2 words)

indicate a steady increaseprogressing

Related words (67)

refluent regressive retrogressive rising rotary rotational rotatory running rushing saltatory scandent scansorial sideward sinking skyrocketing skyward soaring spiraling springingstraight up

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streaming tiptoeto the zenithupup atticup northup stepsup-trending upalong uparching upcoming upgoing upgrade uphill uphillward uplong uprising upsloping upstairs upstream upstreamward uptown upwards upwith

Adjective(7 words)

rising skyward trending upperupward normal directionupward-directed upwards

Noun(8 words)

rising tideskyward directionskyward glancesurface pushtop upstate upturningvertical pull

Adverb(5 words)

skywards up upwardly upwards vertically

Adverb(2 words)

up upwards

Interjection(1 words)

uppp

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries

directiondirectional adjective

More specific

6 entries

growth increase rise skywardupward gazeupward tilt

Collocations

6 entries

upward directionupward mobilityupward movementupward slopeupward trajectoryupward trend

Inflections

2 entries

more upwardmost upward

Derivations

2 entries

upwardly upwardness

Antonyms

1 entries

downward

similar

2 entries

ascending up

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The smoke went upward through the chimney.

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The yen was revalued upward against the U.S. dollar from a rate of 360 yen against the dollar to 308 yen on December 18, 1971.

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The kite went upward.

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The party tickets go for ten dollars and upward.

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