downward

downward is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adverb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Alt. of Downwards. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adverb. Alt. of Downwards
2. adjective. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.
3. adjective. Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.
4. adjective. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts.
5. adjective. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

   "the down staircase"

   "the downward course of the stream"

   Synonyms: down

6. adjective. on or toward a surface regarded as a base

   "he lay face downward"

   "the downward pull of gravity"

7. adverb. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

   "don't fall down"

   "rode the lift up and skied down"

   Synonyms: down, downwardly, downwards

Synonyms

down, downwardly, downwards

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in downward:

drawdown

Common word forms

downwards, downwardly, downwardness

Words from these letters

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