Upward

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. In, to, or toward a higher place, level, or position: flying upward.
  • ad. Toward a higher position in a hierarchy or on a socioeconomic scale: a young executive moving upward fast.
  • ad. To or toward the source, origin, or interior.
  • ad. Toward the head or upper parts: bare from the waist upward.
  • ad. Toward a higher amount, degree, or rank: Prices soared upward.
  • ad. Toward a later time or age: from adolescence upward.
  • adj. Directed toward a higher place or position: upward movement.
  • idiom. upward More than; in excess of: "the onslaught of upwards of seventy divisionsā€ ( Winston S. Churchill).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward.
  • ad. In the upper parts; above.
  • ad. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
  • ad. Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.
  • n. The upper part; the top.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward.
  • ad. In the upper parts; above.
  • ad. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
  • adj. Directed toward a higher place.
  • n. The upper part; the top.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Directed or turned to a higher place; having an ascending direction, literally or figuratively.
  • n. The top; the height.
  • Toward a higher place; in an ascending course: opposed to downward.
  • Toward heaven and God.
  • With respect to the higher part; in the upper parts.
  • Toward the source or origin: as, trace the stream upward.
  • More: used indefinitely.
  • On; onward.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. to a later time
  • adj. directed up
  • ad. spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
  • adj. extending or moving toward a higher place
  • Equivalent
    up    ascending    upwards    upwards of   
    Cross Reference
    upward of    upward irrigation    upwards of    upwards    up   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    above    over   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    backward    downward    sideways    forward    vertical    outward    imperceptible    sudden    gradual    westward