downward

  • (r) spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
    • don't fall down
    • rode the lift up and skied down
    • prices plunged downward
    down, downwardly, downwards,
  • (s) extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
    • the down staircase
    • the downward course of the stream
    down,
  • (s) on or toward a surface regarded as a base
    • he lay face downward
    • the downward pull of gravity

Synonyms

down downwardly downwards

Antonyms

up upward upwardly upwards

Words of close approximity

downward-arching downwardly downwards downward-sloping