Meanings
alternative skywards
- not comparableAt or toward the sky.
The rocket shot skyward and exploded in a burst of glittering stars.
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No Jute is left to wield a sword to save this hoard. No one is left to swing the battle-ax skyward.
1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 40If there is a heaven up there, Carl Sagan will be in his element on November 30, when Venus, Jupiter, and the moon align in a facelike formation. Gaze skyward to appreciate this rare triple feature of the brightest planets with a wry grin from the moon.
2008 January–February, Matt Bean, “Your cultural calendar: 7 things to look forward to this year”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.
2009 July 19, Lizette Alvarez, “Whee! Also, There’s a Net”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedirected toward heaven or the sky
adverbtoward the sky
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishsky
- Proto-Indo-European*wert-
- Proto-Germanic*wardaz
- Englishskyward
Translations
Ancient Greek οὐράνιος
- οὐράνιος (ouránios)toward the sky
Arabic سَمَاوِيّ
- سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy)toward the sky
Esperanto ĉiela
- ĉielatoward the sky
Finnish taivaallinen
- taivaallinentoward the sky
French céleste
- célestetoward the sky
Greek ουράνιος
- ουράνιος (ouránios)toward the sky
Portuguese celeste
- celestetoward the sky
Russian ввысь
- ввысь (vvysʹ)toward the sky
Cite this entry
skyward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skyward
“skyward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skyward. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skyward,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skyward.
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