downwards

downwards is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 18 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adverb. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.
2. adverb. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.
3. adverb. From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.
4. 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, downward, downwardly

Synonyms

down, downward, downwardly

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in downwards:

drawdowns

Common word forms

downward

Words from these letters

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