toward a higher place or position

The birds flew upward.

toward a higher or more distinguished condition, rank, level, etc.

His employer wishes to move him upward in the company.

to a greater degree; more

fourscore and upward.

toward a large city, the source or origin of a stream, or the interior of a country or region

They followed the Thames River upward from the North Sea to London.

in the upper parts; above.

moving or tending upward; directed at or situated in a higher place or position. ?

upwards of

more than; above

My vacation cost me upwards of a thousand dollars.

adjective

acclivous (sloping upward) , anabatic , ascending , ascensional , ascensive , assurgent

adverb

above , antrorse , ascending , greater , higher , lofty , skyward , uphill

noun

acclivity , assurgency , escalation