upward

Adjective

• extending or moving toward a higher place
  • the up staircase
    
  • a general upward movement of fish
    

• directed up
  • the cards were face upward
    
  • an upward stroke of the pen
    

Adverb

• to a later time
  • they moved the meeting date up
    
  • from childhood 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  up(a) , upward(a) , up , upwards , upwardly
• Antonyms: 
  down , downwards , downward , downwardly