bottom-up

adjective

bot·​tom-up ˈbä-təm-ˈəp 

: progressing upward from the lowest levels (as of a stratified organization or system)

bottom-up management

Examples of bottom-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead, synthetic cells are built through a bottom-up engineering approach. — Tara Deans, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

Design from the bottom-up, starting with individual sub-functions. — Rohit Kapoor, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

The sector is supported by our bottom-up work, noting GE, CAT, and GEV each have bullish technical setups. — Katie Stockton, CNBC, 22 June 2026

Vietnam’s booming cultural scene is sitting between a top-down drive by the government to elevate culture to a policy priority, and a bottom-up push by a generation of young creators empowered by rising consumer spending and cheap internet access. — Lee Williamson, Fortune, 16 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bottom-up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup