upward

Meanings

Adverb

• In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin
• In the upper parts; above.
• Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

Noun

• The upper part; the top.

Adjective

• Directed toward a higher place.

Related

Similar words

• cloudwards, up, upwards
• cloudward, upwards

Opposite words

• down, downwards

Origin

• From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -ward.