heavenward

Questions about heavenward

What does heavenward mean?

heavenward means "directed toward heaven or the sky". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in heavenward?

heavenward has 4 syllables: he-a-ven-ward. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for heavenward?

Close synonyms include skyward, heavenwards, heavenwardly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is heavenward a common word?

heavenward is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.