1. (adv.) From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.

2. (adv.) From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.

3. (adv.) From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.

adown at a disadvantage at the nadir behind below deck below par below the mark belowstairs beneath beneath the sky down down below down south downgrade downhill downline downright downstairs downstream downstreet downtown downward downwards downwith following hellishly here here below in hell in hellfire in the gutter in the world infernally infra least least of all less neath next on earth short of since subordinate to subsequent to unbefitting under under heaven under par under the stars under the sun underfoot underneath