Meaning & Definition of Downward in English

1. Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

• "The down staircase"

• "The downward course of the stream"

2. On or toward a surface regarded as a base

• "He lay face downward"

• "The downward pull of gravity"

1. 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"