Meanings
- More than; in excess of.
The cheap ones won't last, while a good quality product could cost upwards of $500.
2 more examples
"[…] The quay is upwards of 1,000 feet in length, and capable of accommodating more than 100 sail of traders; and there are generally a considerable number of vessels of from 40 to 300 tons burden, from various parts of the world, waiting to receive their cargoes."
1945 May and June, Charles E. Lee, “The Penrhyn Railway and its Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 142, text published 1848Work commenced at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday and continued without break until 4 a.m. on Monday morning, in the course of which three shifts of upwards of 90 men each and three steam cranes were employed.
1958 June 28, “New Track Layout and Marshalling Yard at Barking”, in Railway Magazine, page 428Synonyms: north of
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositionMore than; in excess of.
Translations
Bulgarian повече от
- повече от (poveče ot)more than; in excess of
Czech přes
- přesmore than; in excess of
Finnish yli, ylöspäin
- ylimore than; in excess of
- ylöspäinmore than; in excess of
French plus de
- plus demore than; in excess of
Polish ponad
- ponadmore than; in excess of
Russian свы́ше
- свы́ше (svýše)more than; in excess of
Spanish hacia arriba de
- hacia arriba demore than; in excess of
Cite this entry
upwards of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upwards%20of
“upwards of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upwards%20of. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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