skyward

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adverb

At or toward the sky.

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

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Meanings

adverbskyward (not comparable)

alternative skywards

  1. not comparableAt or toward the sky.

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

    3 more examples

    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 40

    If 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 135

    Pass 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
adjectiveskyward (not comparable)

alternative skywards

  1. not comparablePointing or facing at or moving toward the sky.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedirected toward heaven or the sky

adverbtoward the sky

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishsky
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  3. Proto-Germanic*wardaz
  4. Englishskyward

From sky + -ward.

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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
APA

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MLA

“skyward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skyward. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skyward,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skyward.

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