| ADJECTIVE | all | upright, unsloped | in a vertical position |
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| all | upright, good, just | of moral excellence | |
| all | upright, erect, vertical | upright in position or posture | |
| NOUN | artifact | upright, vertical | a vertical structural member as a post or stake |
| artifact | upright, upright piano | a piano with a vertical sounding board |
| Sounds | ahpray't; ah'pray.t | |
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| Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... | |
| Meaning | In a vertical position; not sloping. | |
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| Example | "an upright post" | |
| Synonym | unsloped | |
| Broader | vertical, perpendicular | At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line |
| Spanish | derecho, erguido, vertical | |
| Nouns | uprightness | position at right angles to the horizon |
| Adverbs | uprightly | in an upright position |
| Meaning | Of moral excellence. | |
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| Example | "an upright and respectable man" | |
| Synonyms | good, just | |
| Broader | righteous | Characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice |
| Spanish | honrado, justo, recto | |
| Catalan | honrat, just, recte | |
| Nouns | uprightness | righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest |
| Adverbs | uprightly | in an honorable manner |
| Meaning | upright in position or posture. | |
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| Example | "he sat bolt upright" | |
| Synonyms | erect, vertical | |
| Attribute of | position, posture, attitude | The arrangement of the body and its limbs |
| Narrower | erectile | capable of being raised to an upright position |
| fastigiate | Having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column) | |
| orthostatic | pertaining to an upright standing posture | |
| passant | In walking position with right foreleg raised | |
| rampant, rearing | rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile | |
| semi-climbing | Of plants that are semi-climbers | |
| semi-erect | Of plants that are partly erect | |
| semi-upright | Of animals that are partly erect | |
| stand-up | requiring a standing position | |
| standing | Having a supporting base | |
| statant | Standing on four feet | |
| straight, unbent, unbowed | Erect in posture | |
| Opposite | unerect | not upright in position or posture |
| Spanish | erecto, vertical | |
| Catalan | erecte | |
| Nouns | uprightness | the property of being upright in posture |
| Meaning | A vertical structural member as a post or stake. | |
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| Example | "the ball sailed between the uprights" | |
| Synonym | vertical | |
| Part of | goalpost | One of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field |
| Narrower | column, pillar | (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure |
| jamb | upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame | |
| post | An upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position | |
| scantling, stud | An upright in house framing | |
| shaft, scape | (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column | |
| stile | An upright that is a member in a door or window frame | |
| Broader | structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building |
| Spanish | elemento vertical | |
| Meaning | A piano with a vertical sounding board. | |
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| Synonym | upright piano | |
| Narrower | spinet | A small and compactly built upright piano |
| Broader | piano, pianoforte, forte-piano | A keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds |
| Spanish | piano vertical | |
| Catalan | piano vertical | |
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