After an awkward pause, Bill took her by the hand and dragged her upstairs.
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Upstairs
//ˌʌpˈstɛɹz//
Synonyms for "upstairs" (38 found)
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69 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπερῷος adj (located on a higher floor of a building)
Belarusian
4 entries- наве́рсе adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- наве́рх adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- уве́рсе adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- уве́рх adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Bulgarian
3 entries- горе adj (located on a higher floor of a building)
- горе adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- на горния етаж adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Catalan
1 entries- dalt adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- سەرەوە adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Chickasaw
2 entries- aba' adj (located on a higher floor of a building)
- aba' adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 樓上 /楼上 adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Czech
2 entries- nahoru adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- nahoře adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Dutch
1 entries- boven adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Esperanto
2 entries- superŝtupara adj (located on a higher floor of a building)
- superŝtupare adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Finnish
2 entries- yläkerrassa adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- yläkertaan adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
French
3 entries- en haut adj (located on a higher floor of a building)
- en haut adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- à l'étage adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
German
4 entries- herauf adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- nach oben adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- oben adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- treppauf adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Greek
1 entries- πάνω adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Hungarian
4 entries- emeleti adj (located on a higher floor of a building)
- fenti adj (located on a higher floor of a building)
- az emeleten adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- odafenn adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Indonesian
1 entries- lantai atas adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Irish
2 entries- suas an staighre adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- thuas an staighre adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Italian
1 entries- di sopra adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Japanese
1 entries- 階上 adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Korean
2 entries- 위층에 adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- 위층으로 adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- górjejce adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Norman
1 entries- à haut adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Old English
2 entries- upp adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- uppe adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یوقاری adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Persian
1 entries- طبقهٔ بالا adj (located on a higher floor of a building)
Polish
3 entries- na górze adj (located on a higher floor of a building)
- na górze adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- na górę adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Portuguese
1 entries- em cima adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Russian
4 entries- вверх adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- вверху́ adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- на ве́рхнем этаже́ adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- на ве́рхний эта́ж adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Spanish
1 entries- arriba adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Sundanese
1 entries- tonggoh adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ве́рхній по́верх adj (located on a higher floor of a building)
- наверху́ adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- наго́ру наве́рх adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- нагорі́ adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Welsh
3 entries- i fyny'r grisiau adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- lan lofft adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
- lan staer adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Yiddish
1 entries- אויבן adv (up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Would you carry my luggage upstairs?
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Mr Hopkins spoke in such a loud voice that I could hear him upstairs.
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The toilet is upstairs.
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