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upright
[ uhp-rahyt, uhp-rahyt ]
adjective
- erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
Synonyms: vertical, perpendicular, plumb
Antonyms: horizontal, recumbent
- raised or directed vertically or upward.
- adhering to rectitude; righteous, honest, or just:
an upright person.
Synonyms: honorable
- being in accord with what is right:
upright dealings.
noun
adverb
- in an upright position or direction; vertically.
verb (used with object)
- to make upright.
upright
/ ˈʌpˌraɪt /
adjective
- vertical or erect
- honest, honourable, or just
adverb
- vertically
noun
- a vertical support, such as a stake or post
- short for upright piano
- the state of being vertical
verb
- tr to make upright
Derived Forms
- ˈupˌrightness, noun
- ˈupˌrightly, adverb
Other Words From
- uprightly adverb
- uprightness noun
- non·upright adjective noun
- non·uprightly adverb
- non·uprightness noun
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
see bolt upright .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Think upright, eye level with your computer, and with your back fully supported.
It will usually be a classic upright, without the ability to transform to a handheld, and with very few additional tools or features.
Very often back problems are caused by a lack of core stability—your core being the muscles around your abdomen that keep you upright.
It provides a base to transfer power between the upper and lower body and gives you the stability to move swiftly and stay upright in unpredictable terrain.
Instead of lugging a heavy upright vacuum out of the closet, you just pop this one off its wall charger and go to town.
As I tried to get upright, I realized with horror that the blood was my own.
He slept in an upright position in a custom armchair, so the reasons for his lying down to sleep are open to speculation.
They look like evil corn silos or upright storm sewers or a trio of escaped steroidal church organ pipes wearing party hats.
So why not keep all passengers in the ‘upright position’ when they fly?
In a dim backroom of a mud hut in Save, 82-year-old Teresa Nyirabutunda sits propped upright in bed by her daughter, Francine.
In shape it is curved, like those things for candles attached to upright pianos, but with a weighted foot to hold it firm.
Mrs. Ducksmith, who had sat with overwhelmed head in her hands, started bolt upright, and looked at him like one thunderstruck.
He had a flashlight gun in his right hand, and a photographer's tripod was propped upright between his knees.
The sick woman had raised herself upright, and was stretching her arms towards them.
The boiler was of six wrought-iron upright tubes, one within the other.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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