Synonyms for upstream
ˈʌpˈstrimup·stream

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1. upstreamadverb

   Antonyms:
   downstream

2. upstreamadjective

   in a direction against the flow of a current or stream; upriver

   Antonyms:
   downstream

3. upstreamadjective

   Antonyms:
   downstream

4. upstreamadjective

   Antonyms:
   downstream

5. upstreamadjective

   Antonyms:
   downstream

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1. upstreamadverb

   in the direction against a stream's current

   Antonyms:
   downstream, downriver

2. upriver, upstreamadverb

   toward the source or against the current

   Synonyms:
   upriver

   Antonyms:
   downstream, downriver

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1. List of paraphrases for "upstream":

   up-stream, upriver, ascending, upwind, predicate, bottom-up, upward, downstream, proximal, backward, up-, upper, headwater, proactively, ahead, upshift

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1. W. C. Fields:

   Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.

2. Laura Merrill:

   I think it is the elephant in the boardroom, really, it's about $500 billion (in subsidies) downstream to consumers and about $100 billion (in subsidies) upstream to producers. That's a huge amount of financing.

3. Eric Shanks:

   There is a lot of desire on media companies' parts to get further upstream, we had a global sports meeting and everybody was supposed to introduce what new properties can we bring to market.

4. Jim Hayes:

   But that's going to change as we have a system moving across there coming into midweek. The rain falling over the portions of the Central Plains into the upper Midwest will add to the river flows upstream.

5. Farhad Alavi:

   The IRGC is known for using front companies ... businesses have to really always look upstream to see who is beneath the surface.