Synonyms for downwards
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1. downwardsadverb

   Synonyms:
   downward, down

   Antonyms:
   upwards

2. downwardsadverb

   Towards a lower place; towards what is below.

   Gravity pulls everything downwards.

   Synonyms:
   down, downward

   Antonyms:
   upwards

3. downwardsadverb

   To a lower figure or amount.

   Synonyms:
   down, downward

   Antonyms:
   upwards

4. downwardsadverb

   Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior etc.

   After the oil price rises, the economy headed downwards

   Synonyms:
   downward, down

   Antonyms:
   upwards

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1. downwards

   Synonyms:
   below, beneath, adown

   Antonyms:
   upwards, aloft

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1. down, downwards, downward, downwardlyadverb

   spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

   "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"

   Synonyms:
   down, downwardly, downward

   Antonyms:
   upwards, upwardly, upward, up

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1. downwardsadjective

   Synonyms:
   down, in a descending course

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1. List of paraphrases for "downwards":

   downward, down

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How to use downwards in a sentence?

1. Karsten Engel:

   What we do see is the trend downwards, On pricing...We have to be competitive in the market.

2. The IEA latest report:

   Expectations of global economic growth have been repeatedly revised downwards in the last six months despite steeply falling prices, slashing prior forecasts of oil demand growth for the rest of the decade by about 1.1 million bpd.

3. Alok Sharma:

   This report is clear : ambitious climate action can avoid the most devastating effects of climate change, but only if all nations act together, those nations which have submitted new and ambitious climate plans are already bending the curve of emissions downwards by 2030.

4. The IEA:

   Any changes to our current 2016 global demand outlook are now more likely to be upwards than downwards, as gasoline demand grows strongly in nearly every key market, more than offsetting weakness in middle distillates, slower demand growth in OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries is not unexpected; it represents a return to the norm.

5. Nick Ingrassia:

   Yearly reserve revisions are part-and-parcel of the business (both upwards and downwards) - so their absence alone may warrant further investigation.