upward
adjective
directed up
“the cards were face upward”
“an upward stroke of the pen”
extending or moving toward a higher place
“the up staircase”
“a general upward movement of fish”
Synonymsup
adverb
spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
“look up!”
“the music surged up”
Oppositesdownwardto a later time
“they moved the meeting date up”
“from childhood upward”
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University