Antonyms for upright
ˈʌpˌraɪt, ʌpˈraɪtup·right

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1. upright

   One who is honest in the ordinary sense acts or is always disposed to act with careful regard for the rights of others, especially in matters of business or property; one who is honorable scrupulously observes the dictates of a personal honor that is higher than any demands of mercantile law or public opinion, and will do nothing unworthy of his own inherent nobility of soul. The honest man does not steal, cheat, or defraud; the honorable man will not take an unfair advantage that would be allowed him, or will make a sacrifice which no one could require of him, when his own sense of right demands it. One who is honest in the highest and fullest sense is scrupulously careful to adhere to all known truth and right even in thought. In this sense honest differs from honorable as having regard rather to absolute truth and right than to even the highest personal honor. Compare CANDID; JUSTICE.

   Antonyms:
   deceitful, dishonest, disingenuous, faithless, false, fraudulent, hypocritical, lying, mendacious, perfidious, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, unscrupulous, untrue

   Synonyms:
   candid, equitable, fair, faithful, frank, genuine, good, honest, honorable, ingenuous, just, sincere, straightforward, true, trustworthy, trusty

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1. upright

   Antonyms:
   inverted, inclined, dishonest, dishonorable, corrupt, unprincipled, unconscientious

   Synonyms:
   vertical, erect, perpendicular, honest, honorable, pure, principled, conscientious, just, fair, equitable

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1. • Structural Member

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1. upright, verticalnoun

   a vertical structural member as a post or stake

   "the ball sailed between the uprights"

   Antonyms:
   inclined, horizontal, unrighteous

   Synonyms:
   upright piano, vertical

2. upright, upright pianoadjective

   a piano with a vertical sounding board

   Antonyms:
   horizontal, unrighteous, inclined

   Synonyms:
   upright piano, vertical

3. upright, unslopedadjective

   in a vertical position; not sloping

   "an upright post"

   Antonyms:
   inclined, horizontal, unrighteous

   Synonyms:
   good, unsloped, vertical, erect, just

4. good, just, uprightadjective

   of moral excellence

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

   Antonyms:
   horizontal, inclined, unrighteous

   Synonyms:
   dear, good, beneficial, in effect(p), unspoiled, skillful, sound, secure, serious, effective, salutary, in force(p), vertical, skilful, practiced, equitable, estimable, expert, just, erect, proficient, full, honest, unsloped, respectable, undecomposed, unspoilt, fair, ripe, safe, adept, honorable, dependable, well(p), right, near

5. erect, vertical, uprightadjective

   upright in position or posture

   "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"

   Antonyms:
   inclined, horizontal, unrighteous

   Synonyms:
   just, vertical, good, perpendicular, erect, tumid, unsloped

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1. uprightadjective

   Synonyms:
   erect, perpendicular, vertical, honorable, honest

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1. rapistadjective

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How to use upright in a sentence?

1. Jeremy DeSilva:

   These footprints demonstrate that the evolution of upright walking was more complicated and more interesting than we previously thought.

2. Robert Bolt / Sir Thomas More:

   Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons . . . And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned around on you--where would you hide, . . . the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast--man's laws, not God's--and if you cut them down . . . do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I would give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.”

3. Dartmouth College anthropologist Jeremy DeSilva:

   Our science has known for decades that upright walking, bipedalism, preceded brain enlargement over the course of human evolution. But never before has it been so obvious. Homo naledi possessed a strikingly modern human-like foot, even though its brain was only about one-third the size of our brains today.

4. Kim Sam:

   I first met her during a protest in 2012 and she was sitting up straight even in the rain as she spoke about her struggle, upright, dignified - that's how she always was, first as a victim and later as a human rights activist. She's a role model I respect the most.

5. Clifford V. Villalon:

   Journalism can be expressed in many ways. Broadcasting is not a medium to denigrate anyone. I was part of journalism sometime ago. My purpose of living still remain unchanged -- to stay upright and balanced.

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