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downwards

/ˈdaʊnwədz/US/ˈdaʊnwɚdz/

downwards adverb: towards a lower place; towards what is below.

Adverb

downwards (not comparable)

  1. Towards a lower place; towards what is below.
    • Gravity pulls everything downwards.
  2. Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior, etc.
    • After the rise in oil prices, the economy headed downwards.

Adjective

downwards (comparative more downwards, superlative most downwards)

  1. Downward.

downwards meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

downwards in Hindi

नीचे की ओर, नीचे की तरफ

downwards in Tamil

கீழ்நோக்கி

downwards in Marathi

downwards
अधोगत adhogat

downwards in Urdu

نیچے کی طرف, نیچے کی جانب
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downwards in Bengali
নিচের দিকে
downwards in Kannada
ಕೆಳಯಿಂಕೆ, ಕೆಳಯಿಕೆ, ಕೆಳಯಿಕ್ಕೆ, ಕೆಳೆಯಿಂಕೆ
downwards in Gujarati
નીચે તરફ, નીચેની તરફ
downwards in Odia
ନିମ୍ନମୁଖୀ
downwards in Nepali
तलतिर

Synonyms of downwards

Antonyms

Forms of downwards

comparativemore downwards
superlativemost downwards

Origin of downwards

From down + -wards.

Questions about downwards

What does downwards mean?
Downwards means towards a lower place; towards what is below.
What is downwards in Hindi?
Downwards in Hindi is नीचे की ओर, नीचे की तरफ. See Downwards meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is downwards?
Downwards can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce downwards?
Downwards is pronounced /ˈdaʊnwədz/ (UK).

Words near downwards in the dictionary

  1. downward-facing dog
  2. downward-facing dogs
  3. downwardly
  4. downwardness
  5. downwardnesses
  6. downwards
  7. downwarp
  8. downwarps
  9. downwash
  10. downwashes
  11. downweigh

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: downwards (page history and authors); downwards (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); downwards (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अधोगत (Marathi) (page history and authors); downwards (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); downwards (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); downwards (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); downwards (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); downwards (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); downwards (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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