upright

Meaning

1. Vertical; erect
2. In its proper orientation; not overturned.
3. Greater in height than breadth.
4. Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
5. Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

honest

erect

honest-minded

stand straight

stand upright

be honest

be faithful

be straight

be true

honest person

pure of heart

stand erect

standing up

the right way

orthostatic

of good character

rise perpendicularly

trabecula

fair-dealing

of high integrity

high-mined

white-handed

straight-forward

having good morals

fair-and-square

meritable

evendown

upright post

very straight

upright bar

justo

upright stanchion

vertical prop

upright column

jumping upright

onest

nobel

right hand

straight ahead

straight on

stud

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʌpɹaɪt/

From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).