Synonyms for downwards
down·wards

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1. downwardsadverb

   Synonyms:
   downward, down

   Antonyms:
   upwards

2. downwardsadverb

   Towards a lower place; towards what is below.

   Gravity pulls everything downwards.

   Synonyms:
   down, downward

   Antonyms:
   upwards

3. downwardsadverb

   To a lower figure or amount.

   Synonyms:
   down, downward

   Antonyms:
   upwards

4. downwardsadverb

   Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior etc.

   After the oil price rises, the economy headed downwards

   Synonyms:
   downward, down

   Antonyms:
   upwards

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1. downwards

   Synonyms:
   below, beneath, adown

   Antonyms:
   upwards, aloft

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1. down, downwards, downward, downwardlyadverb

   spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

   "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"

   Synonyms:
   down, downwardly, downward

   Antonyms:
   upwards, upwardly, upward, up

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1. downwardsadjective

   Synonyms:
   down, in a descending course

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1. List of paraphrases for "downwards":

   downward, down

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How to use downwards in a sentence?

1. Alok Sharma:

   This report is clear : ambitious climate action can avoid the most devastating effects of climate change, but only if all nations act together, those nations which have submitted new and ambitious climate plans are already bending the curve of emissions downwards by 2030.

2. Valdis Dombrovskis:

   It's very clear that in current times of economic growth Italy needs to put its debt on a downwards trajectory.

3. Ni'matullah Wali:

   The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. There are none but have this tendency to good, just as all water flows downwards. Now by striking water and causing it to leap up, you may make it go.

4. The IEA:

   Any changes to our current 2016 global demand outlook are now more likely to be upwards than downwards, as gasoline demand grows strongly in nearly every key market, more than offsetting weakness in middle distillates, slower demand growth in OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries is not unexpected; it represents a return to the norm.

5. James Chao:

   This is a permanent move downwards in pricing, there are few signs of the trend letting up.