Downward

What do we mean by downward?

In, to, or toward a lower place, level, or position. adverb

Toward a lower position in a hierarchy or on a socioeconomic scale. adverb

Toward the feet or lower parts. adverb

Toward a lower amount, degree, or rank. adverb

From a prior source or earlier time. adverb

Directed toward a lower place or position. adjective

From a higher to a lower place, condition, or state.

In a course or direction from a head, origin, source, or remoter point in space or in time: as, water flows downward toward the sea; to trace successive generations downward from the earliest records.

In the lower parts; as regards the lower parts or extremities.

Moving or tending from a higher to a lower place, condition, or state; taking a descending direction, literally or figuratively: as, the downward course of a mountain path, or of a drunkard.

Descending from a head, origin, or source: as, the downward course of a river; a downward tracing of records.

From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course. adverb

From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin. adverb

From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line. adverb

Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous. adjective

Descending from a head, origin, or source. adjective

Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected. adjective

Toward a lower level, either in space or in a hierarchy or an amount adverb

Moving or sloping down adjective

Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place adjective

Moving, sloping or oriented downward.

Located at a lower level.

Words that are spelled similarly to downward:
downward, townward, downard, downwarp, onward, downwind, downwards, downland, downwash, moonward, downweed, donard, mornward, doward, donnard, dorward.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word downward:
spiral, upward, sloping, trend, deflection, backward, helix, medial, slope, trajectory, acceleration, slide, outward, upwards, diagonal, gravity, pointing, gradient, lateral, curve, gravitational, angle, horizontal, posterior, anterior, mobility, pressure, thrust, lift, stroke, muscles, pull, vertical, wages, curved, inch, motion, toward, nose, bottom, flow, velocity, muscle, direction, push, tip, kick, facing, fluid, surface, forward, pitch, neck, stem, tail, firing, beneath, movement, shift, plate, layer, increases, leaf, drop, force, loop.

Words that rhyme with downward:
townward, down word, noun word.

Adjectives that are often used to describe downward:
upward, high, mammary, dislocations, arms, arch, aggregate, first.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective downward:
trend, pressure, movement, spiral, direction, mobility, course, force, motion, slope, path, displacement, shift, flow, pull, stroke, tendency, curve, slide, adjustment, bias, revision, deflection, extension, movements, thrust, progress, turn, trends, drift, gaze, traction, communication, flux, journey, plunge, growth, swing, causation, pressures, angle, adjustments, current, forces, velocity, rigidity, road, sloping, step, sweep, rotation, migration, acceleration, arrow, strokes, career, passage, glance, curvature, component, trajectory, load, flight, cycle, percolation, comparison, shifts, comparisons, continuation, arrows, phase, transport, arc, rush, inclination, push, deviation, projection, revisions, progression, momentum, blow, deflections, grade, flexibility, tilt, inflection, descent, transition, transitions, move, transfer, steps.

Consonant match to downward:
downweed, down wood, down word, down would, dune would.

Words that sound like downward:
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