upright

1. 1.

   a vertical structural member as a post or stake

   “the ball sailed between the uprights”

   Synonymsvertical

   Broaderstructural member

   Narrowercolumnjambpostscantlingshaftstile

   Part ofgoalpost
2. 2.

   a piano with a vertical sounding board

   Synonymsupright piano

   Broaderpiano

   Narrowerspinet

Other forms of upright

plural

uprights·

comparative

uprighter·

superlative

uprightest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about upright

What does upright mean?

upright means "in a vertical position; not sloping". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in upright?

upright has 2 syllables: u-pright. The stress falls on "pright". In IPA it is /əˈpɹaɪt/.

What is another word for upright?

Close synonyms include unsloped, good, just, erect, vertical. 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 upright a common word?

upright is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with upright?

1 word rhymes with upright. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.