| adv. | 1. | From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; |
| 2. | From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin. | |
| 3. | From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line. | |
| a. | 1. | Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous. |
| 2. | Descending from a head, origin, or source; | |
| 3. | Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; |
| Adj. | 1. | downward - on or toward a surface regarded as a base; "he lay face downward"; "the downward pull of gravity" |
| 2. | downward - extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream" Synonyms: down | |
| Adv. | 1. | downward - 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" |