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skyward

adj · adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

At or toward the sky.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The rocket shot skyward and exploded in a burst of glittering stars.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

directed toward heaven or the sky

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the soul in its heavenward flight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: heavenward

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

toward the sky

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • look skywards!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: skywards

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English sky Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English skyward From sky + -ward.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَمَاوِيٌّ (samāwiyyun) — toward the sky
  • Esperanto: ĉiela — toward the sky
  • Finnish: taivaallinen — toward the sky
  • French: céleste — toward the sky
  • Greek: ουράνιος (ouránios) — toward the sky
  • Ancient Greek: οὐράνιος (ouránios) — toward the sky
  • Portuguese: celeste — toward the sky
  • Russian: ввысь (vvysʹ) — toward the sky