'Upper' definitions:
Definition of 'upper'
From: WordNet
adjective
The topmost one of two
adjective
Higher in place or position; "the upper bunk"; "in the upper center of the picture"; "the upper stories"
adjective
Superior in rank or accomplishment; "the upper half of the class"
noun
The higher of two berths [syn: upper berth, upper]
noun
Piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot; "Uppers come in many styles"
noun
A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression [syn: amphetamine, pep pill, upper, speed]
Definition of 'Upper'
From: GCIDE
- Upper \Up"per\, n. The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Upper'
From: GCIDE
- Upper \Up"per\, a.; comp. of Up. Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature. [1913 Webster]
- The upper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See {To have the upper hand}, under Hand. --Jowett (Thucyd.).
- Upper Bench (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of common law (formerly King's Bench) during the Commonwealth.
- Upper case, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.
- Upper covert (Zool.), one of the coverts situated above the bases of the tail quills.
- Upper deck (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the spar deck.
- Upper leather, the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes.
- Upper strake (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.
- Upper ten thousand, or (abbreviated) Upper ten, the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.]
- Upper topsail (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail.
- Upper works (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a vessel that are properly above water.
- Upper world. (a) The atmosphere. (b) Heaven. (c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the underworld. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'upper'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a cut above,
- above,
- advantage,
- ahead,
- amphetamine,
- amphetamine sulfate,
- aristocrats,
- ascendancy,
- ascendant,
- authority,
- Benzedrine,
- Benzedrine pill,
- better,
- blue bloods,
- broke,
- C,
- capping,
- chosen,
- cocaine,
- coke,
- command,
- control,
- crystal,
- destitute,
- Dexamyl,
- Dexamyl pill,
- Dexedrine,
- Dexedrine pill,
- dextroamphetamine sulfate,
- distinguished,
- dominance,
- eclipsing,
- edge,
- elite,
- eminent,
- exceeding,
- excellent,
- excelling,
- finer,
- football,
- greater,
- heart,
- higher,
- highest,
- in ascendancy,
- in the ascendant,
- indigent,
- jolly bean,
- later,
- loftier,
- major,
- marked,
- methamphetamine hydrochloride,
- Methedrine,
- northern,
- of choice,
- one up on,
- outstanding,
- over,
- pep pill,
- poor,
- poverty-stricken,
- power,
- purple heart,
- rare,
- rivaling,
- snow,
- speed,
- stimulant,
- super,
- superior,
- superiority,
- supremacy,
- surpassing,
- sway,
- topmost,
- topping,
- transcendent,
- transcendental,
- transcending,
- upland,
- upmost,
- upper case,
- upper class,
- upper crust,
- upper hand,
- uppermost,
- wealthy
Words containing 'Upper'
- The upper hand,
- Upper Arlington,
- Upper Bench,
- Upper Brookville,
- Upper Fruitland,
- Upper Kalskag,
- Upper Lake,
- Upper Marlboro,
- Upper Nyack,
- Upper Sandusky,
- Upper Sonoran,
- Upper case,
- Upper covert,
- Upper deck,
- Upper leather,
- Upper strake,
- Upper ten,
- Upper topsail,
- Upper transit,
- Upper works,
- Upper world,
- upper avon,
- upper balcony,
- upper berth,
- upper bound,
- upper cannon,
- upper carboniferous,
- upper class,
- upper crust,
- upper egypt,
- upper hand,
- upper house,
- upper jaw,
- upper jawbone,
- upper limit,
- upper mantle,
- upper paleolithic,
- upper peninsula,
- upper pharyngeals,
- upper side,
- upper surface,
- upper tunguska,
- upper volta,
- Greater Upper Marlboro,
- To have the higher upper hand,
- Upper Arlington, OH,
- Upper Brookville, NY,
- Upper Fruitland, NM,
- Upper Grand Lagoon,
- Upper Kalskag, AK,
- Upper Lake, CA,
- Upper Marlboro, MD,
- Upper Nyack, NY,
- Upper Providence Township,
- Upper Saddle River,
- Upper Sandusky, OH,
- Upper St. Clair,
- Upper ten thousand,
- fixer-upper,
- stiff upper lip,
- upper avon river,
- upper carboniferous period,
- upper respiratory infection,
- upper respiratory tract,
- upper tail coverts,
- upper-class,
- upper-level,
- upper-normandy,
- Greater Upper Marlboro, MD,
- To get the higher upper hand,
- To keep a stiff upper lip,
- Upper Grand Lagoon, FL,
- Upper Providence Township, PA,
- Upper Saddle River, NJ,
- Upper St. Clair, PA,
- upper-case letter,
- upper-lower-class,
- upper-middle-class,
- lower-class vs middle-class vs upper-class low-class,
- The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed