upward UK /ˈʌpwəd/US /ˈʌpwɚd/adverb 3adjective 1noun 1forms 2 adverb3 •In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.We ran upward. •In the upper parts; above.Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, / And downward fish. — 1667 •Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.From twenty years old and upward. — 1611 adjective1 •Directed toward a higher place. noun1 •(no longer used) The upper part; the top.From the extremest upward of thy head. — 1603 formsmore upward · most upward