He sits upright, not crouched over his plate like an animal at a feeding trough.
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Upright
//ˈʌpɹaɪt//
Synonyms for "upright" (280 found)
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Closest matches (56)
erectrighteousangelicarrowlikeat attentionazimuth circlebaby grandbackstagebalusterbalustradebanisterbasebehind the scenesblamelessbolt uprightcandidcaryatidcast upcembalochristian
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clarichordclavicembaloclavichordclavicitternclavicymbalclavicytheriumclaviercleancolonnadecolumnconcert grandconscientiouscottage pianocouched harpcreditabledadodead straightdecentdiedirectdoorjambdoorpostdownrightdulcimer harpsichordelevateelevatedendwaysendwiseequitableerectlyestimableethicalevenexaltedexemplary
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (84)
fairfaithfulflatfootstalkfrankfull of integritygatepostgodlygoodgrandgrand pianohammer dulcimerharmonichordharpsichordhighhigh principledhigh-mindedhigh-principledhighly respectablehitching post
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honesthonorablehorizontalimmaculateimpartialin a lineincorruptincorruptibleinviolateirreproachablejackjambjustking postklavierlaw abidinglaw-abidinglaw-lovinglaw-reveringlevellift upliftedlineallinearloftymanichordmanichordonmanlymelodionmelopianomilepostmonochordmoralmullionnewel-postnoblenormalon endon stiltsorthodiagonalpair of virginalspaleparlor grandpedestalpedicelpeduncleperpendicularperpendicularlypianettepianinopianopiano-violinpianofortepicketpierpilasterpilepilingpillarpitchplinth
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (140)
plumbpolepolystratepostprincipledproppurequeen-postraiseraise aloftraise upraisedrampantrearrear aloftrearingrectilinealrectilinearreligiousreputable
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respectablerightright angleright mindedright on endright-mindedruler-straightsaintlikesaintlysamson postsavoryscrupulousseraphicset upshaftsignpostsimplesmoothsnubbing postsoclesolidsostinente pianofortespinetspotlesssquaresquare pianostaffstainlessstakestalkstanchionstandstand upstand uprightstand-upstandardstandingstanding upsteinwaystemsterlingstilestiltedstraightstraight-cutstraight-frontstraight-sidestraight-upstraightforwardstreamlinedsubbasesublimesurbasesurrecttruetrue-dealingtrue-devotedtrue-disposingtrue-souledtrue-spiritedtrueheartedtrunktrustworthytrustyunbendingunbentunblemishedunbowedunbrokenuncorruptuncorrupteduncurvedundefiledundeflectedundeviatingundistortedunimpeachableuninterruptedunslopedunspottedunstainedunsulliedunswervinguntarnishedunturnedupup on endupcastupendupendedupflungupheaveupliftupliftedupraiseupraiseduprearuprearedupright pianouprighteousuprightlyupstageupstandingupstandinglyupthrownupwardsverticalvertical circleviolin pianovirginalvirtuousworthyyeomanly
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(2 words)
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More general
4 entriesAntonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesholonym
13 entriesis a
2 entriespart of
3 entriesrelated to
40 entriesShowing 16 of 40 words.
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19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
105 translations across 34 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ὀρθός adj (vertical; erect)
- ὀρθός adj (of good morals)
Arabic
1 entries- مُسْتَقِيم adj (of good morals)
Assamese
1 entries- থিয় adj (vertical; erect)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- dikinə adv (in or into an upright position)
Bengali
1 entries- খাড়া adj (vertical; erect)
Bikol Central
1 entries- matadong adj (of good morals)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вертикален adj (vertical; erect)
- изправен adj (vertical; erect)
- прям adj (of good morals)
- честен adj (of good morals)
Catalan
4 entries- dret adj (vertical; erect)
- recte adj (of good morals)
- dempeus adv (in or into an upright position)
- muntant noun (any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- قیت adj (vertical; erect)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 正直 adj (of good morals)
- 筆直 /笔直 adj (vertical; erect)
Czech
1 entries- vzpřímený adj (vertical; erect)
Danish
2 entries- højkant adj (greater in height than breadth)
- opret adj (vertical; erect)
Dutch
4 entries- achter elkaar adj (greater in height than breadth)
- achter elkaar adj (of good morals)
- oprecht adj (vertical; erect)
- overeind adj (greater in height than breadth)
Esperanto
3 entries- rektanima adj (of good morals)
- vertikale adj (vertical; erect)
- rekte adv (in or into an upright position)
Estonian
3 entries- püsti adj (vertical; erect)
- püsti adv (in or into an upright position)
- üles adv (in or into an upright position)
Finnish
4 entries- oikeamielinen adj (of good morals)
- pysty adj (vertical; erect)
- pystysuuntainen adj (greater in height than breadth)
- pystyssä adv (in or into an upright position)
French
2 entries- intègre adj (of good morals)
- montant noun (any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports)
German
3 entries- aufrecht adj (vertical; erect)
- aufrecht adj (of good morals)
- hochkant adj (greater in height than breadth)
Hebrew
2 entries- זקוף adj (vertical; erect)
- עומד adj (vertical; erect)
Indonesian
1 entries- tegak adj (vertical; erect)
Italian
4 entries- dritto adj (vertical; erect)
- eretto adj (vertical; erect)
- in piedi adj (vertical; erect)
- in verticale adj (vertical; erect)
Latin
2 entries- probus adj (of good morals)
- ērectus adj (vertical; erect)
Māori
4 entries- matatika adj (of good morals)
- matika adj (vertical; erect)
- takotako adj (vertical; erect)
- tapatahi adj (of good morals)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- opprett adj (vertical; erect)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- opprett adj (vertical; erect)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- steil adj (vertical; erect)
Portuguese
3 entries- aprumado adj (vertical; erect)
- ereto adj (vertical; erect)
- íntegro adj (of good morals)
Quechua
1 entries- chiqan adj (vertical; erect)
Russian
4 entries- вертикальный adj (vertical; erect)
- отве́сный adj (vertical; erect)
- прямо́й adj (vertical; erect)
- че́стный adj (of good morals)
Sanskrit
2 entries- ऊर्ध्व adj (vertical; erect)
- ऋजु adj (of good morals)
Spanish
4 entries- erguido adj (vertical; erect)
- honrado adj (of good morals)
- recto adj (vertical; erect)
- vertical adj (vertical; erect)
Sundanese
1 entries- ajeg adj (vertical; erect)
Ukrainian
3 entries- вертика́льна adj (vertical; erect)
- вертика́льний adj (vertical; erect)
- піані́но noun (an upright piano)
Volapük
1 entries- löik adj (vertical; erect)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Even after it was hit, the pole was still upright.
Source: tatoeba (34346)
An empty bag can't stand upright.
Source: tatoeba (36530)
Stand upright when I'm talking to you.
Source: tatoeba (246715)
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