downward

== English == === Etymology === From down + -ward. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈdaʊnwɚd/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdaʊnwəd/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈduːnwɐd/ === Adverb === downward (not comparable) Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value. At a lower level. Southward. ==== Usage notes ==== Less common than downwards as an adverb until about 1890 according to Google NGrams. About twice as common since 1920. ==== Synonyms ==== down, downwards ==== Antonyms ==== up, upwards ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === downward (not comparable) Moving, sloping or oriented down. Located at a lower level. 1793, Thomas Taylor (translator), The Phædo in The Cratylus, Phædo, Parmenides and Timæus of Plato, London: Benjamin and John White, p. 235,[3] […] often revolving itself under the earth, [the river] flows into the more downward parts of Tartarus. ==== Usage notes ==== Much more common as adjective than downwards. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === downdraw, draw down, drawdown