Definition of Upwards

1. Adverb. Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position. "Upwardly mobile"

Exact synonyms: Up, Upward, Upwardly
Antonyms: Down, Downward, Downwardly, Downwards

2. Adverb. To a later time. "From childhood upward"
Exact synonyms: Up, Upward

Definition of Upwards

1. Adverb. Towards a higher place; towards what is above. ¹

2. Adverb. To a higher figure or amount. ¹

3. Adverb. Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc. ¹

4. Adverb. Backwards in time, into the past. ¹

5. Adverb. To or into later life. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Upwards

1. upward [adv] - See also: upward

Medical Definition of Upwards

1. 1. 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. "Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail." (Hooker) 2. In the upper parts; above. "Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down ward fish." (Milton) 3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over. "From twenty years old and upward." (Num. I. 3) Upward of, or Upwards of, more than; above. "I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of twenty years." (Shak) Origin: AS. Upweardes. See Up-, and -wards. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Upwards

upvoted
upvotes
upvoting
upwaft
upwafted
upwafting
upwafts
upward
upward(a)
upward lightning
upward lightnings
upwardly
upwardly mobile
upwardness
upwardnesses
upwards (current term)
upwards of
upwarp
upwash
upwell
upwelled
upwelling
upwellings
upwells
upwent
upwhirl
upwhirled
upwhirling
upwhirls
upwind

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