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. Paul Ryan:

   What I think the president is trying to do here is to, again, exploit envy economics, this top-down redistribution doesn't work.

2. David Brown:

   I don't think we can be a police leader in today's policing landscape and not be a champion of reform. And so it's been thrust upon me to promote people to the leadership team that I believe are committed to reform and to have those tough conversations with people who I think are not, it really is a top-down type of effort. If the department doesn't see that I take reform seriously, no one else in the department would take it seriously.

3. Michael Moller:

   It's tough for some of these guys to swallow. And it's tough, particularly for some of the bigger countries that are used to a very top-down governance.

4. Frank Lloyd Wright:

   I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.

5. Bobby Jindal:

   We're supposed to be the free-market party. Let's actually act like it. Let's get away from this top-down planning.