Synonyms of the word

up

• adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
• adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
• adv. To or from one's possession or consideration.
• adv. North.
• adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
• adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost…
• adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current.
• adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
• adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
• adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
• adv. (Britain, academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
• adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from,…
• adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
• adv. Aside, so as not to be in use.
• prep. Toward the top of.
• prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
• prep. Further along (in any direction).
• prep. From south to north of.
• prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).
• prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
• prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).
• adj. Awake.
• adj. Finished, to an end.
• adj. In a good mood.
• adj. Willing; ready.
• adj. Next in a sequence.
• adj. Happening; new.
• adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
• adj. Larger, greater in quantity.
• adj. Standing.
• adj. On a higher level.
• adj. Available; made public.
• adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
• adj. Well-informed; current.
• adj. (computing) Functional; working.
• adj. (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
• adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
• adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
• adj. (slang) Erect.
• adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time).
• adj. (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned.
• n. (uncountable) The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
• n. (countable) A positive thing.
• n. An upstairs room of a two story house.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
• v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
• v. (intransitive) To ascend; to climb up.

ahead

• adv. In or to the front; in advance; onward.
• adv. In the direction one is facing or moving.
• adv. In or for the future.
• adv. At an earlier time.
• adv. Having progressed more.

ascending

• v. present participle of ascend.
• n. An ascent.

astir

• adj. In motion; characterized by motion.

awake

• adj. Not asleep; conscious.
• adj. (by extension) Alert, aware.
• v. (intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
• v. (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
• v. (transitive) to excite or to stir up something latent.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.

aweigh

• adj. Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; said of the anchor.

dormie

• adj. (golf) In match play, when a player or team leads the match by the same number of holes as remain to be…

dormy

• adj. (golf) Alternative form of dormie.

finished

• adj. (comparable) Processed or perfected.
• adj. Completed; concluded; done.
• adj. Done for; doomed; used up.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of finish.

functioning

• v. present participle of function.
• adj. Functional, working.
• adj. (euphemistic, of a person) Mentally disabled but still able to survive in wider society.
• n. Action of the verb function.
• n. Manner by which something functions; the workings.

heavenward

• adv. toward heaven.
• adj. which leads toward heaven.

high

• adj. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
• adj. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
• adj. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
• adj. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
• adj. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
• adj. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality…
• adj. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
• adj. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing…
• adj. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
• adj. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
• adj. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haugty, boastful, proud.
• adj. (of a body of water) With tall waves.
• adj. Large, great (in quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
• adj. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations…
• adj. (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
• adj. (card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
• adj. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
• adj. (slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century)…
• adj. (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
• adv. In or to an elevated position.
• adv. In or at a great value.
• adv. In a pitch of great frequency.
• n. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
• n. A drug that gives such a high.
• n. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
• n. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
• n. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
• n. (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
• v. (obsolete) To rise.
• n. (obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
• v. To hie; to hasten.

improving

• adj. getting better.
• v. present participle of improve.

increase

• v. (intransitive) (of a quantity) To become larger.
• v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) larger.
• v. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
• v. (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
• n. An amount by which a quantity is increased.
• n. For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
• n. (knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

leading

• v. present participle of lead.
• adj. Providing guidance or direction.
• adj. Ranking first.
• adj. Occurring in advance; preceding.
• n. An act by which one is led or guided.
• n. (typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.

prepared

• adj. Willing.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of prepare.

raised

• v. simple past tense and past participle of raise.

risen

• v. past participle of rise.

rising

• v. present participle of rise.
• n. Rebellion.
• n. The act of something that rises.
• n. (US, dated) A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.
• adj. Going up.
• prep. (US, slang, dated) More than; exceeding; upwards of.

skyward

• adv. At or toward the sky.
• adj. Pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky.

sprouted

• adj. Having sprouts.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of sprout.

upbound

• adj. Directed or moving up or in a direction conventionally considered up; upstream.
• adv. Up or in a direction conventionally considered up; upstream.

upfield

• adj. (sports) Away from the defending team's end of the playing field.
• adj. (chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a lower frequency to that of a reference signal.
• adv. (sports) Away from the defending team's end of the playing field.

upward

• adv. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.
• adv. In the upper parts; above.
• adv. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
• n. (obsolete) The upper part; the top.
• adj. Directed toward a higher place.

upwardly

• adv. In an upward manner.
• adv. Towards a higher level, position or status.

upwards

• adv. Towards a higher place; towards what is above.
• adv. To a higher figure or amount.
• adv. Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.
• adv. Backwards in time, into the past.
• adv. To or into later life.