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Nouns (2)

upright, upright piano

n. a piano with a vertical sounding board

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Adjectives (8)

upright, unsloped

adj. in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post"

erect, vertical, upright

adj. upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"

good, just, upright

adj. of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"

Fuzzynyms (55)

vertical

adj. of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group); "vertical social mobility"

honorable, honourable

adj. worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country"

moral

adj. concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"

worthy

adj. having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "a worthy cause"

virtuous

adj. morally excellent

right

adj. in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess"

honest, honorable

adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"

fair-and-square

adj. just and honest

angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted

adj. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother"

straight, square

adj. characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal"

trustworthy, trusty

adj. worthy of trust or belief; "a trustworthy report"; "an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion"

conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous

adj. characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

sincere

adj. open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship"

veracious, right

adj. precisely accurate; "a veracious account"

credible, believable

adj. capable of being believed; "completely credible testimony"; "credible information"

accurate, exact, precise

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

true, trustworthy

adj. "I would be true for there are those who trust me"

true

adj. consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"

true

adj. devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"

ethical, honorable, honourable

adj. adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action"

upstanding, solid

adj. meriting respect or esteem; "an upstanding member of the community"

incorruptible

adj. incapable of being morally corrupted; "incorruptible judges are the backbone of the society"

aboveboard, straightforward

adj. without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs"

dependable, honest, reliable, true(p)

adj. worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable sourcSFLe of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me"

admirable

adj. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; "an estimable young professor"; "trains ran with admirable precision"; "his taste was impeccable, his health admirable"

estimable

adj. deserving of respect or high regard

estimable, good, honorable, respectable

adj. deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name"

respectable

adj. characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals; "a respectable woman"

noble

adj. having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds"

Synonyms (4)

perpendicular

adj. intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other"

plumb

adj. exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"

upended

adj. turned up on end

morally justified

adj. "righteous indignation"

Antonyms (6)

horizontal

adj. parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface"

unerect

adj. not upright in position or posture

flat, prostrate

adj. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"

prone, prostrate

adj. lying face downward

upright

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