Upper

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Higher in place, position, or rank: the upper bunk; the upper half of the class.
  • adj. Situated on higher ground: upper regions.
  • adj. Lying farther inland: the upper Nile.
  • adj. Northern: the upper Midwest.
  • adj. Geology & Archaeology Of, relating to, or being a later division of the period named.
  • adj. Denoting the smaller and usually less broadly representative house of a bicameral legislature.
  • n. The part of a shoe or boot above the sole.
  • n. Informal An upper berth.
  • n. Informal The upper teeth or a set of upper dentures.
  • n. Slang A drug, especially an amphetamine, used as a stimulant.
  • n. Slang An exhilarating or euphoric experience.
  • idiom. on (one's) uppers Informal Impoverished; destitute.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
  • n. The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole.
  • n. A stimulant such as amphetamine that increases energy and decreases appetite.
  • adj. At a higher level, rank or position.
  • adj. Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
  • adj. Of a later division of some period.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior.
  • n. The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Higher in place: opposed to nether: as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; an upper story; the upper deck.
  • Superior in rank or dignity: as, the upper house of a legislature; an upper servant.
  • Vamps and quarters of boots and shoes collectively. Also called simply uppers.
  • n. The upper part of a shoe or boot, comprising the vamp and quarters.
  • n. plural Separate cloth gaiters to button above the shoes over the ankle.
  • Higher.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. higher in place or position
  • n. the higher of two berths
  • n. a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
  • n. piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot
  • adj. the topmost one of two
  • adj. superior in rank or accomplishment
  • Equivalent
    high    top    superior    upper ten   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    berth    built in bed    bunk   
    Hyponym
    vamp   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    superior    vamp    higher   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Tupper    scupper    supper   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    outer    narrow    wooden    circular    northern    rocky    adjacent