Definition for Downwards:

• Moving or tending down as regards place, or inclination, or condition; depressed; dejected.

Synonyms for Downwards:

• adj.

  •downward (adjective)
  • descending.

• n.

  •
  • skyward,
  • ascending,
  • upward,
  • under,
  • bouncy.
  •downwardly (noun)
  • downwardly.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • downward.
  •n.
  • down,
  • downhill,
  • downstairs,
  • downstream,
  • fallen,
  • over,
  • sunken,
  • up.

Paraphrases for Downwards:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    Downs.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    downturns, decreases, drops, shortfalls, WORMS, retirements, declines, trousers, bottoms, stockings, closures, SOCKS, Valleys, Bas, footnotes, cutbacks, MINES, cuts, reducing.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    diminishes, reduces, bows, decreases, drops, declines, cuts.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    downward.
  • Noun, plural
    downstairs.
  • Adverb
    downward.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    downstairs.

Antonyms for Downwards:

• adv.

  • Other antonyms:
    upwards, up, upward, upwardly.

Downwards Sentence Examples:

• But he was checked, and the next moment found himself hanging head downwards, with his face pretty close to the murky water, in which he fancied he could see the broad shovel nose of a shark.

• He cast a glance at La Tribe, but he got none in return, and he was preparing to do her bidding when a cry of dismay broke from those who still had their eyes bent downwards.