Synonym: up, upward, upwardly. Similar words: upward, upwardly, upwardly mobile, backwards and forwards, towards, onwards, forwards, inwards. Meaning: adv. 1. spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position 2. to a later time.
181. The United Nations has been forced to revise its estimates of population growth upwards.
182. At that time our relations were going upwards , but since then they have been going downwards [ downhill ] .
More similar words: upward, upwardly, upwardly mobile, backwards and forwards, towards, onwards, forwards, inwards, downwards, rearwards, eastwards, backwards, afterwards, stewardship, tend towards, look towards, bend over backwards, cards, boards, innards, regards, hardship, yard sale, leotards, as regards, billiards, on the cards, yardstick, mustard seed, at all hazards.