upwards meaning and definition

UPWARDS adverb

Definition of upwards (adverb)

1. spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
   • "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"
   • synonyms: up, upward, upwardly
   • antonym: down
2. to a later time
   • "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward"
   • synonyms: up, upward