upwards
upwards is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.In the upper parts; above. Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down ward fish. Milton.
- 2.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- alone
- alter
- among
- anastrophe
- and
- before
- bottom
- capsize
- cart
- centesimal
- certain
- contraposition
- contrariety
- contrary
- decimal
- decimate
- decimation
- deficit
- division
- down
- duodecimal
- eversion
- few
- fifth
- five
- head
- heavy
- horse
- hundredth
- hypallage
- hyperbaton
- inside
- inter
- introversion
- introvert
- inverse
- inversely
- inversion
- invert
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is upwards.
- What is in the upper parts; above. Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down ward fish. Milton called?
- What is yet more; indefinitely more; above; over. From twenty years old and upward. Num. i called?
- What is upward of, or Upwards of, more than; above. I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of twenty years. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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