Synonyms for upwards
up·wards

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1. up, upwards, upward, upwardlyadverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   up, upwardly, upward

   Antonyms:
   down, downwardly, downwards, downward

2. up, upwards, upwardadverb

   to a later time

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

   Synonyms:
   up, upwardly, upward

   Antonyms:
   downward, down, downwardly, downwards

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1. List of paraphrases for "upwards":

   upward, up

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1. George Orwell:

   Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.

2. President Obama:

   The purpose of legal immigration should be to grow the economy, not displace American workers, under no circumstances should legal immigration levels be adjusted upwards so long as work-force participation rates remain below historical levels.

3. Kris Sanders:

   Depending on where you are, wind gusts today are on the border of 40 mph, upwards of 60 mph possible, a lot of the higher winds are going to be in the far northwest part of Colorado and the far northeast part of Utah, stretching down maybe towards the I-70 corridor.

4. Marianne Comparet:

   We like to think of it as building the health system from the roots upwards. And that requires an absolutely collaborative and inclusive approach.

5. Special Agent Tim Suttles:

   The domestic terrorism actions they committed through late 90s to early 2000s caused upwards of $50 millions in damages, displaced people from work, ranger stations...I think it's important to hold people accountable to those who perpetrated the crimes.