Word Study
skyward
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective skyward has 1 sense
- skyward(s = adj.all) heavenward - directed toward heaven or the sky; "the soul in its heavenward flight"
Adverbial skyward has 1 sense
- skyward(r = adv.all) skywards - toward the sky; "look skywards!"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
skyward, adv. & adj.
--adv. (also skywards) towards the sky.
--adj. moving skyward.
--adv. (also skywards) towards the sky.
--adj. moving skyward.
THESAURUS
skyward
above, abovestairs, airward, aloft, aloof, heavenward, high, high up, in the air, in the clouds, on high, on stilts, on the peak, on tiptoe, over, overhead, straight up, tiptoe, to the zenith, up, up attic, up north, up steps, upalong, uphill, uphillward, uplong, upstairs, upstream, upstreamward, uptown, upward, upwards, upwith
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