upright

Meaning

Adj

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.

Adv

In or into an upright position.

Noun

1. Any vertical part of a structure.
2. (slang) Any vertical part of a structure.
3. Any vertical part of a structure.
4. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
5. (informal) An upright piano.
6. (informal) An upright arcade game cabinet.
7. Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
8. (obsolete) The tips of the antlers of a young deer.

Verb

To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

Concepts

upright

honest

erect

straight

vertical

just

standing

perpendicular

straightforward

direct

honorable

righteous

fair

sincere

faithful

vertically

moral

upstanding

good

truthful

loyal

right

true

trusty

honourable

virtuous

fair-minded

correct

staunch

lofty

unsloped

square

frank

conscientious

scrupulous

impartial

ethical

candid

upright piano

even

precise

proper

on end

aboveboard

forthright

honest-minded

sportsmanlike

trustworthy

be faithful

be honest

devote

unbiased

holy

clean-handed

downright

tall

equitable

post

positive

regular

stand-up

stand upright

stand straight

be straight

glorious

veracious

integrity

well behaved

right angle

right hand

directly

straight ahead

adv

simple

stagnant

manly

pure

rise perpendicularly

stand erect

reliable

be true

dispassionate

of high integrity

high-minded

uncorrupt

high-mined

rampant

up

godly

pious

high

above

straight-forward

having good morals

endlong

evendown

fair-dealing

leg

set-up

stainless

up front

white-handed

taut

tense

tautly

tensely

tightly

steep

respectable

column

mast

pile

pillar

plume

pole

rod

stalk

trabecula

upright bar

justo

ortho

plus

erection

orthostatic

crutch

frame

standard

stud

upright column

upright post

upright stanchion

vertical prop

jumping upright

nobel

hoist

raise up

stand up

of good character

pure of heart

straight on

honest person

onest

detached

disinterested

objective

unprejudiced

creditable

meritable

erectly

fair-and-square

transparent

calm

the right way

logical

longitudinal

standing up

clean

immediate

south

grandeur

noble

even-handed

cautious

well-formed

probity

incorruptible

faithfully

honestly

veracity

well-mannered

endways

endwise

very straight

stand

stands

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʌpɹaɪt/

Etymology

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”).