The Meaning of upright

• (a.) In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
• (a.) Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.
• (a.) Conformable to moral rectitude.
• (a.) Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
• (n.) Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.

Synonyms

vertical , upright piano , unsloped , good , just , erect , vertical

Antonyms

unerect

Rhymes

acolyte , airtight , alight , allright , alright , ammonite , andesite , anorthite , anthracite , apartheid , apatite , appetite , arkwright , backbite , beit , bentonite , bight , biotite , birthright , bite , blight , boatwright , bright , brite , brucite , bullfight , byte , calcite , calite , campsite , canaanite , candlelight , carmelite , cartwright , cite , clevite , clyte , contrite , copyright , copywrite , cryolite , daylight , de-excite , delight , despite , dight , diorite , disinvite , displaywrite , dogfight , dolomite , downright , dunite , dwight , dynamite , ebright , enright , enwright , epsomite , erudite , exabyte , excite , expedite , extradite , eyesight , fahrenheit , fight , finite , fite , flashlight , flight , flite , floodlight , fluorite , flyte , footlight , foresight , forthright , fortnight , franklinite , fright , frostbite , fulbright , gametophyte , gigabyte , goodnight , granulocyte , graphite , gunfight , headlight , height , heit , hematite , hemimorphite , hermaphrodite , hiett , highlight , hight , hindsight , hite , hittite , hussite , ignite , impolite , incite , indict , indite , insight , invite , israelite , jacobite , jadeite , kilobyte , kite , knight , kyte , lafite , lazulite , leukocyte , light , lignite , limelight , limonite , lite , lucite , luddite , lymphocyte , macknight , magnesite , magnetite , maronite , masonite , mccright , mcknight , mcwright , megabyte , mennonite , meteorite , midnight , might , minorite , mite , monzonite , moonlight , muscovite , neophyte , niccolite , night , niobite , nite , nonwhite , onsite , outright , overexcite , overflight , overnight , overnite , oversight , overwrite , parasite , pegmatite , phlogopite , phosphorite , playwright , plebiscite , plight , polite , quite , recite , recondite , reignite , reunite , rewrite , right , rite , riunite , satellite , satterwhite , scheidt , searchlight , seawright , selenite , semi-height , shiite , shipwright , sight , site , skite , skylight , skylite , sleight , slight , smite , snakebite , socialite , spite , sporophyte , spotlight , sprite , starlight , sticktight , stoplight , streit , strite , suburbanite , sulfite , sunlight , sunlite , sylvite , tight , tonight , tonite , tripartite , trite , twilight , twite , underwrite , unite , uptight , urbanite , wainwright , watertight , website , wheelwright , white , whyte , wight , wright , write , zeit