Hyphenation of upwards

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word upwards? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

up-wards

Definitions of upwards:

1.	Directed up The cards were face upward An upward stroke of the pen
2.	Extending or moving toward a higher place The up staircase A general upward movement of fish
3.	Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position Look up! The music surged up The fragments flew upwards Prices soared upwards Upwardly mobile
4.	To a later time They moved the meeting date up From childhood upward

Synonyms of upwards:

adv	up, upward, upwardly
adv	up, upward

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.