Usually means: Directed or facing toward the sky.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word skyward:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. skyward: Merriam-Webster
  2. skyward: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. skyward: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. skyward: Collins English Dictionary
  5. skyward: Vocabulary.com
  6. Skyward, skyward: Wordnik
  7. skyward: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. skyward: Wiktionary
  9. skyward: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. skyward: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. skyward: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. skyward: Dictionary.com
  13. Skyward (book), Skyward (film), Skyward (novel), Skyward: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Skyward: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. skyward: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. skyward: Rhymezone
  17. Skyward: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. skyward: FreeDictionary.org
  19. skyward: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. skyward, skyward(s): TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. skyward: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adverb:  At or toward the sky.
▸ adjective:  Pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky.

Similar:
heavenward, up, horizonward, above, airwards, cloudwards, upwards, roofward, firmament-wards, ceilingward, more...

Opposite:
earthward, downward, inward

Types:
upward, downward, sideways, backward, forward, upwardly, downwardly, sidewardly, backwardly, more...

Phrases:
Skyward Express, directed skyward, went skyward, more...

Adjectives:
unholy, other, smoke, more, blasted, arched, inverted, high, looking, little, motionless

Colors:
    sky blue,     azure,     cerulean,     sapphire,     indigo, more...



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Similar:
heavenward, up, horizonward, above, airwards, cloudwards, upwards, roofward, firmament-wards, ceilingward, more...

Opposite:
earthward, downward, inward

Types:
upward, downward, sideways, backward, forward, upwardly, downwardly, sidewardly, backwardly, more...

Phrases:
Skyward Express, directed skyward, went skyward, more...

Adjectives:
unholy, other, smoke, more, blasted, arched, inverted, high, looking, little, motionless

Colors:
    sky blue,     azure,     cerulean,     sapphire,     indigo, more...



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