higher up

1. 1.

   in or to a place that is higher

   Synonymsabovein a higher placeto a higher place

Questions about higher up

What does higher up mean?

higher up means "in or to a place that is higher".

What is another word for higher up?

Close synonyms include above, in a higher place, to a higher place. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is higher up a common word?

higher up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.