Synonyms of the word upright


UPRIGHTERECT - ERECTILE - FASTIGIATE - GOOD - JUST - ORTHOSTATIC - PASSANT - PERPENDICULAR - PIANO - PIANOFORTE - RAMPANT - REARING - RIGHTEOUS - STAND-UP - STANDING - STATANT - STRAIGHT - UNBENT - UNBOWED - UNSLOPED - VERTICAL

upright

  • adj. Vertical; erect.
  • adj. Greater in height than breadth.
  • adj. (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
  • adj. (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
  • adv. in or into an upright position.
  • n. Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
  • n. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic…
  • n. (informal) An upright piano.
  • n. Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
  • v. (transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

erect

  • adj. Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
  • adj. Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly.
  • adj. (obsolete) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
  • adj. (obsolete) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
  • adj. Watchful; alert.
  • adj. (heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
  • v. (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
  • v. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
  • v. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
  • v. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
  • v. (astrology) To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
  • v. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
  • v. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

erectile

  • adj. Capable of being raised to an upright position.
  • adj. Of or relating to tissue capable of filling with blood and becoming rigid.

fastigiate

  • adj. (botany) Erect and parallel.
  • adj. (botany, horticulture) Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches.
  • adj. (palynology) Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture…
  • adj. (obsolete) Tapering to a point.
  • n. (horticulture) A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.

good

  • adj. (of people).
  • adj. (of capabilities).
  • adj. (of properties and qualities).
  • adj. (colloquial) With "and", extremely.
  • adj. Holy (especially when capitalized).
  • adj. (of quantities).
  • interj. That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
  • adv. (nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
  • n. (uncountable) The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and…
  • n. (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
  • n. (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes…
  • n. (countable, usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.
  • v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
  • v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make good; turn to good; improve.
  • v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make improvements or repairs.
  • v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To benefit; gain.
  • v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
  • v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
  • v. (reflexive, now chiefly dialectal) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
  • v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.

just

  • adj. Factually right, correct; factual.
  • adj. Rationally right, correct.
  • adj. Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
  • adj. Proper, adequate.
  • adv. Only, simply, merely.
  • adv. (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
  • adv. (speech act) Used to convey a less serious or formal tone.
  • adv. (speech act) Used to show humility.
  • adv. (degree) absolutely, positively.
  • adv. Moments ago, recently.
  • adv. By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.
  • adv. Exactly, precisely, perfectly.
  • n. A joust, tournament.
  • v. To joust, fight a tournament.

orthostatic

  • adj. Of, or relating to upright posture.
  • adj. (archaeology) Of, or relating to an orthostat.

passant

  • adj. (heraldry, of a four-legged animal) Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the…
  • adj. (obsolete) Currently in use; in vogue.
  • n. (chess) part of the phrase en passant.

perpendicular

  • adj. (geometry) At or forming a right angle (to).
  • n. (geometry) A line or plane that is perpendicular to another.
  • n. A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.

piano

  • n. (music) A keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black keys,…
  • adj. (music) Soft, quiet.
  • adj. In extended use; quiet, subdued.
  • adv. (music) Softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music).

pianoforte

  • n. (music, dated) A piano.

rampant

  • adj. (originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
  • adj. (heraldry) Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.
  • adj. (architecture) Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments…
  • adj. Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner.
  • adj. Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.

rearing

  • v. present participle of rear.
  • n. Act of raising young.

righteous

  • adj. Free from sin or guilt.
  • adj. Moral and virtuous, suggesting sanctimonious.
  • adj. Justified morally.
  • adj. (slang, US) Awesome; great.
  • v. To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.

stand-up

  • adj. Honest; honorable.
  • adj. Upright; while standing.
  • adj. Performed while standing although normally done while sitting.
  • adj. (baseball, of a hit) That allows the batter to advance to a given base (usually second or third) without…
  • n. (uncountable) A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage.
  • n. (countable) A comedian who performs on stage.
  • n. (countable) A short meeting performed while standing up.
  • n. (countable) A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee.

standing

  • v. present participle of stand.
  • adj. Erect, not cut down.
  • adj. Performed from an erect position.
  • adj. Remaining in force or status.
  • adj. Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
  • adj. Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
  • adj. Not movable; fixed.
  • n. Position or reputation in society or a profession.
  • n. Duration.
  • n. The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
  • n. (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
  • n. (Britain) room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles.
  • n. (law) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the…

statant

  • adj. (heraldry, of an animal) standing on all four feet or paws.

straight

  • adj. Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
  • adj. (obsolete, rare) Strait; narrow.
  • adj. Figurative uses.
  • adj. Colloquial uses.
  • adj. (sciences, mathematics) concerning the property allowing the parallel-transport of vectors along a course…
  • adv. Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
  • adv. Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
  • adv. Continuously; without interruption or pause.
  • n. Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
  • n. (poker) Five cards in sequence.
  • n. (colloquial) A heterosexual.
  • n. (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
  • n. (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straighter.
  • v. (transitive) To straighten.

unbent

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of unbend.
  • adj. Not bent.
  • adj. Erect, upright, or straight.

unbowed

  • adj. Not bowed; erect or upright.
  • adj. Not subdued or deterred.

unsloped

  • adj. Not sloped.

vertical

  • adj. Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular…
  • adj. In a two dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis oriented normal (perpendicular,…
  • adj. (marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
  • adj. (wine tasting) Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery.
  • n. A vertex or zenith.
  • n. A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
  • n. An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
  • n. A vertical component of a structure.
  • n. (marketing) A vertical market.

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