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cloudwards

cloudwards

1 7.5
To move upward toward the sky
  • adverb
  • /ˈklaʊd.wɚdz/
: hacia las nubes
  • The balloon floated cloudwards until it disappeared from sight.

Examples

  • The kite soared cloudwards with the breeze.

  • As the rocket launched, it soared cloudwards with a trail of fire.

  • The flock of birds spiraled cloudwards in the early morning light.

  • Look cloudwards!

  • The balloon floated cloudwards until it disappeared from sight.

  • As the rocket launched, it soared cloudwards with a trail of fire.

  • The flock of birds spiraled cloudwards in the early morning light.

Synonyms

skyward
vscloudwards
12 3.2

Up toward the sky

is oriented toward clouds rather than the broad open sky
cloudward
vscloudwards
8.2

Upward toward the clouds

is written in a different form without changing its meaning

Antonyms

1 5.8

Pointing or moving down toward the ground

How Upward

heavenward
  • Literature
3 5.9
skyward
12 3.2
cloudwards
1 7.5
upward
44 1.1
up
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

cloudwards positive

Morphology

cloudwards = cloud (transparent) = cloud + wards

Literal spatial direction toward clouds is the prototypical use of '-wards' and is clearly derivable from 'cloud'.

Etymology

Cloudwards joins cloud ('clouds in the sky') and -wards ('toward'), similar to upwards. So cloudwards means moving up 'toward' the clouds in the sky.