Upend

/ʌpˈɛnd/

Synonyms for "upend" (78 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (16)

Adjective(1 words)
disorganized effort

Strong matches (23)

Noun(7 words)
Adjective(1 words)
local market disruption

Related words (39)

raiseraise aloftraise uprearrear aloftsapsap the foundationsset upshellacstand uprightsubvertthrow downthrow overtrimtrounceundermineupheaveupliftupraiseuprear
Show 5 more words
Noun(8 words)
revolutionary actsrockingshambletip overtipped overtoppling eventturtlesupsetting
Adjective(1 words)
utter disarray

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

12 entries

More specific

5 entries

Collocations

6 entries
upend a planupend a tableupend a theoryupend expectationsupend research resultsupend the status quo

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The dictator's fall will upend the political landscape.

Source: tatoeba (2046070)

When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.

Source: wiktionary

upend the box and empty the contents

Source: wiktionary

Venezuela, who introduced the exciting 17-year-old Samuel Sosa late on, pressed forward and eventually carved out a golden opportunity to level. Jake Clarke-Salter, the Chelsea defender, upended Peñaranda inside the box and after consulting the threesome of video officials inside the Suwon World Cup stadium, the referee, Bjorn Kuipers, pointed to the spot.

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.

More for "upend"