Synonyms for upright

Synonyms for (noun) upright

Synonyms: upright, upright piano

Definition: a piano with a vertical sounding board

Similar words: piano, pianoforte, forte-piano

Definition: a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds


Synonyms: upright, vertical

Definition: a vertical structural member as a post or stake

Usage: the ball sailed between the uprights

Similar words: structural member

Definition: support that is a constituent part of any structure or building


Synonyms for (adj) upright

Synonyms: unsloped, upright

Definition: in a vertical position; not sloping

Usage: an upright post

Similar words: perpendicular, vertical

Definition: at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line

Usage: a vertical camera angle; the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab; measure the perpendicular height


Synonyms: erect, upright, vertical

Definition: upright in position or posture

Usage: an erect stature; erect flower stalks; for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression; a column still vertical amid the ruins; he sat bolt upright

Similar words: erectile

Definition: capable of being raised to an upright position

Usage: erectile feathers


Similar words: fastigiate

Definition: having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)


Similar words: orthostatic

Definition: pertaining to an upright standing posture

Usage: orthostatic hypotension


Similar words: passant

Definition: in walking position with right foreleg raised


Similar words: rampant, rearing

Definition: rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile

Usage: a lion rampant


Similar words: semi-climbing

Definition: of plants that are semi-climbers


Similar words: semi-erect

Definition: of plants that are partly erect


Similar words: semi-upright

Definition: of animals that are partly erect


Similar words: standing

Definition: having a supporting base

Usage: a standing lamp


Similar words: stand-up

Definition: requiring a standing position

Usage: a stand-up bar; a stand-up comic


Similar words: statant

Definition: standing on four feet


Similar words: unbent, unbowed, straight

Definition: erect in posture

Usage: sit straight; stood defiantly with unbowed back


Synonyms: just, upright, good

Definition: of moral excellence

Usage: a genuinely good person; a just cause; an upright and respectable man

Similar words: righteous

Definition: characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice

Usage: the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much- James 5:16


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