Synonyms 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.

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

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

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1. upright

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

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

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1. upright, verticalnoun

   a vertical structural member as a post or stake

   "the ball sailed between the uprights"

   Synonyms:
   upright piano, vertical

   Antonyms:
   inclined, horizontal, unrighteous

2. upright, upright pianoadjective

   a piano with a vertical sounding board

   Synonyms:
   upright piano, vertical

   Antonyms:
   horizontal, unrighteous, inclined

3. upright, unslopedadjective

   in a vertical position; not sloping

   "an upright post"

   Synonyms:
   good, unsloped, vertical, erect, just

   Antonyms:
   inclined, horizontal, unrighteous

4. good, just, uprightadjective

   of moral excellence

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

   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

   Antonyms:
   horizontal, inclined, unrighteous

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   inclined, horizontal, unrighteous

Matched Categories

1. • Structural Member

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1. uprightadjective

   Synonyms:
   erect, perpendicular, vertical, plumb, on end

2. uprightadjective

   Synonyms:
   honest, just, honorable, conscientious, virtuous, good, pure, straightforward, not mean, not base

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1. uprightadjective

   Synonyms:
   erect, perpendicular, vertical, honorable, honest

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1. List of paraphrases for "upright":

   vertical, arco, arc, sissy, rear, fair, straight, vertically

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1. 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.

2. Oscar Arias:

   The effect of one upright individual is incalculable.

3. Jonah Choiniere:

   The evolution of sauropods isn't quite as straightforward as we once thought, it appears that sauropodomorphs evolved four-legged postures at least twice before they gained the ability to walk with upright limbs, which undoubtedly helped make them so successful in an evolutionary sense.

4. Kee Kim:

   It’s not just that standing and sitting upright looks better. When you slouch forward at your desk, you are putting almost twice as much strain on the disks than if you were sitting straight up.

5. Miguel Nicolelis:

   Interesting enough, at that point, they started reporting that they had a very different experience— [they were] feeling the tactile feedback, even in virtual reality, telling them, ‘I know I’m upright and standing, but it feels like my legs are moving,’.