upward

adjectives

directed up

"the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen"

upward

is similar to

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

"the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"

extending or moving toward a higher place

"the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"

up, upward

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"

up, upward, upwardly, upwards

antonym

to a later time

"they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward"

up, upward, upwards