Word Meanings - UPPER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. The upper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See To

Additional info about word: UPPER

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. The upper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See To have the upper hand, under Hand. Jowett . -- Upper Bench , the name of the highest court of common law 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 , one of the coverts situated above the bases of the tail quills. -- Upper deck , the topmost deck of any vessel; the spar deck. -- Upper leather, the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes. -- Upper strake , the strake next to the deck, usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes. -- Upper ten thousand, or Upper ten, the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. -- Upper topsail , the upper half of a double topsail. -- Upper works , all those parts of the hull of a vessel that are properly above water. -- Upper world. The atmosphere. Heaven. This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the underworld.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of UPPER)

• Superior
• Higher
• upper
• better
• preferable
• surpassing
• loftier
• excellent
• remarkable
• eminent
• conspicuous

Related words: (words related to UPPER)

• HIGHER-UP
  A superior officer or official; -- used chiefly in pl.
• SURPASS
  To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel. This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. Milton. Syn. -- To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.
• UPPERMOST
  Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme. Whatever faction happens to be uppermost. Swift.
• HIGHERING
  Rising higher; ascending. In ever highering eagle circles. Tennyson.
• CONSPICUOUS
  1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye. It was a rock Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds, Conspicious far. Milton. Conspicious by her veil and hood, Signing the cross, the abbess
• SURPASSING
  Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory crowned." Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.
• UPPERTENDOM
  The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper.
• BETTERMOST
  Best. "The bettermost classes." Brougham.
• SUPERIORLY
  In a superior position or manner.
• SUPERIORITY
  The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit. Syn. -- Preëminence; excellence; predominancy; prevalence; ascendency; odds; advantage.
• EXCELLENT
  1. Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims,
• REMARKABLE
  Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary. 'T is remarkable, that they Talk most who have the least to say. Prior. There is nothing left remarlable Beneath the visiting moon. Shak. Syn.
• BETTERMENT
  An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. Bouvier. (more info) 1. A making better; amendment; improvement. W. Montagu.
• BETTER
  1. Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy. 2. One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural. Their betters would hardly be
• BETTERNESS
  1. The quality of being better or superior; superiority. Sir P. Sidney. 2. The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.
• PREFERABLE
  Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme. Addison.
• UPPER
  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. The upper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See To
• EXCELLENTLY
  1. In an excellent manner; well in a high degree. 2. In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not implying worthiness. When the whole heart is excellently sorry. J. Fletcher.
• SUPERIORESS
  A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior.
• EMINENTLY
  In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.
• PREEMINENT
  Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as, preëminent in guilt. In goodness and in power preëminent.
• ABETTER; ABETTOR
  One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender. Note: The form abettor is the legal term and also in general use. Syn. -- Abettor, Accessory, Accomplice. These words denote different degrees of complicity in some deed or crime. An abettor
• SUPPER
  A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal. Note: Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc. (more info) originally
• SUPEREMINENT
  Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ. -- Su`per*em"i*nent*ly, adv.
• CRUPPER
  1. The buttocks or rump of a horse. 2. A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.
• CUPPER
  One who performs the operation of cupping.