The Meaning of downward

• (adv.) Alt. of Downwards
• (a.) Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.
• (a.) Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.
• (a.) Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts.

Synonyms

down , down , downwards , downwardly

Antonyms

up , upwards , upward , upwardly

Rhymes

tankard , countercolored , pillard , layered , stirred third , lizard , bradford , eldred , buffered , lanyard , square-shouldered , shimmered , lingered , overpowered , kingbird , fingered , deterred , ill-considered , underfired , mallard , leafbird , liford , splattered , admired , hundred(4) , keyword , cityward , coffered , pestered , murdered , ferd , northeastward , ruford , crawford , conard , spurred , pampered , undelivered , tired , ill-mannered , niggard , outnumbered , flickered , tailorbird , underpowered , bellbird , plastered , radford , high-colored , chambered , flesh-colored , shepard , registered , cornered , hubbard , unstirred , ill-favored , stamford , safford , featured , outward , well-lettered , reckard , well-armoured , norward , uninspired , pondered , reconsidered , stanard , unsugared , standard , rightward , powered , evered , favored , sheltered , labored , kitty-cornered , lustred , hampered , slankard , seward , leonard , squandered , tortured , embittered , wondered , forty-third , milk-livered , hundred(3) , uncured , bothered , sunbird , well-ordered , west-northwestward , gas-fired , medford , short-tempered , hollered , steward , fibered , heard , churchward , sequestered , treasured , butterfingered , snowbird , purred , quick-tempered , unmeasured , gaillard , flattered , unmannered , catbird , rehired required , waterford , honored , soward , hufford , lectured , flowered , sired , discolored , blizzard , herd hird , spired , slurred , richard , vineyard , colored , ashford , hindward , lustered , flame-colored , reheard , remanufactured , glost-fired , open-timbered , deferred , onward , byword , tutored , neutered , whitebeard , uncoloured , pollard , leftward , occurred prefered , favoured , unsheltered , bollard , absurd , chartered , rudyard , unfiltered , gjerde , branford , bettered , thundered , fluttered , unfettered , wickard , custard , cultured , firebird , unanswered , laggen-gird , spaniard , shoreward , simard , hummingbird , reconfigured , biohazard , northward , leard , preferred , gifford , bufford , coloured , gird , tempered , snakebird , cankered , seaford , conjured , banford , dog-tired , daynard , drunkard , fathered , altered , well-tempered , burred , dorward , pillared , referred , potsherd , jiggered , bantered , blackbeard , mumford , coastward , bimotored , biscuit-fired , awkward , whirlybird , jaybird , multicolored , recurred , straw-colored , motored , mustered , third , lacquered , howard , unwithered , disfigured , blurred , quartered , bailard , ungird , well-centered , acred , incurred , transpired , unheard , stafford , unhonoured , straightforward , tapered , burd , friarbird , transferred , ransford , headword , good-tempered , east-northeastward , disordered , izzard , bransford , dishonored , hot-tempered , kingsford , goatsbeard , gizzard , wollard , dickered , plassard , orchard , laggard , cupboard , unaltered , untutored , lansford , guilford , haverford , well-laboured , tedford , overword , coward , willard , stallard , ordered , unhindered , inquired , scabbard , high-powered , thirty-third , faltered , password , eduard , bickford , lillard , grizzard , uncovered , edward , ill-favoured , collard , watered , devoured , sunward , recovered , parti-colored , multilayered , frittered , izard , wired , papered , cowherd , redford , undeterred , crossword , towered , billiard , reedbird , structured , mccrickard , bewildered , wynyard , ivory-towered , undergird , party-colored , shuttered , hovered , even-tempered , answered , maggard , blanchard , lenard , rickard , foreword , cluttered , eckard , chenard , misword , stuard , offered , bluebird , begird , bird , ladybird , eighty-third , songbird , differed , rockered , swineherd , dufford , indentured , buzzword , hard-favored , half-covered , unwatered , wizard , mentored , restructured , byrd , stanford , donnered , conspired , hansford , rearward , rediscovered , all-fired , reoffered , swanherd , peppered , sternward , configured , nonstandard , afterword , goddard , tampered , concurred , rikard sicard , goatherd , flustered , badgered , covered , weathered , doctored , bordered , bewhiskered , inferred , gestured , whichard , brevard , zippered , heckard , mattered , collared , unencumbered , seaward , sheward , stoddard , spickard , hangbird , chicken-livered , eckerd , captured , rewired , blundered , oxford , cranford , ledford , lovebird , homeward , shattered spattered , hammered , herd , hard-featured , filtered , entered , withered , clustered , fired , southeastward , belabored , acquired , well-hammered , unlettered , hazard , clamored , kennard , occured , giffard , heward , half-heard , danford , prichard , enraptured , sheperd shepherd , inward , anchored , severed , sugared , vanward , centered , bechard , r-colored , fifty-third , scattered , raynard reynard , pandered , uncensored , sculptured , considered , brainard , unchartered , showered soured , ovenbird , backward , ikard , unfathered , good-natured , ikerd , angered , suffered , pattered , villard willard , southwestward , trafford , body-centered , unlaboured , transferred uncured , gerrymandered , catchword , redbird , haphazard , discovered , encumbered , varicolored , yardbird , gifferd , lowered , lingard , hayward , laundered , everard , buzzard , elmsford , shorebird , twiford , hillard , unuttered , inspired , armored , bainerd , greybeard , stradford , twenty-third , agard , rocard , harvard , time-honored , scoured , cater-cornered , dickeybird , szilard , injured , richerd , ice-scoured , undesired , hired , plundered , thagard , transfered , substandard , mofford , hanford , sheppard , timbered , henard , uncultured , antbird , mousebird , factored , landward , jailbird , peppard , swickard