Synonyms for top-down
top-down

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1. top-downadjective

   Antonyms:
   bottom-up

2. top-downadjective

   Antonyms:
   bottom-up

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1. top-downadjective

   of an approach to a problem that begins at the highest conceptual level and works down to the details

   "a top-down analysis might begin by looking at macro-economic trends"; "top-down programming"

   Antonyms:
   bottom-up

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1. List of paraphrases for "top-down":

   downward, descending, scion, vertical, descendant, descendent, hierarchical

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1. Jeb Bush:

   There's no reason to personalize everything, demonize people. but I think her approach -- the top-down, progressive approach where it's all decided from up above and just basically get in line and do what we're told -- is not the one that has created the greatness of the most extraordinary country on the face of the earth.

2. Katsukiyo Mizumoto:

   I am losing my strength each year. But because I had adopted a top down management style, my staff only wait for my decisions.

3. John Ayers:

   Typically, public health uses top-down strategies. The most effective messages are believed to come from the experts, 'from the top.' The people who know the most about the subject, the people who are paid to sit around and think about the subject, it turns out, though, that if you look at the Sheen effect and if you look at these other examples of organic media events ... that's not the case. These messages, they come from the bottom; they come from ordinary people. People who aren't health experts. Sheen might be a celebrity, but he's not a health expert. Angelina Jolie is not a health expert.

4. Feng Chucheng:

   The latest central inspection ... is certainly going to emphasize Xi’s call of preventing the disorderly expansion of capital, the Party leaders likely realized that they need a more comprehensive, top-down approach in managing systematic financial risks following the series of events since last year, including Ant IPO, Didi IPO, and the latest of property market.

5. Societe Generale strategist:

   We are seeing a 'risk on' move after the Greece agreement with the zloty and forint rallying against the euro, this mini-rally could have some legs and continue another day or two, but once it fades emerging markets face some top-down macro risk events which will drive bearish positioning such as fears over China and the Fed.