upper

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English

Etymology

Equivalent to up +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŭʹ-pər IPA^(key): /ˈʌpə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpɚ/
• Hyphenation: up‧per
• Rhymes: -ʌpə(ɹ)

Adjective

upper (comparative uppermore, superlative uppermost)

1. At a higher level, rank or position.
2. Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
3. (geology, of strata or geological time periods) Younger, more recent.
4. (education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “at a higher position”): lower, under
• (antonym(s) of “situated higher”): lower
• (antonym(s) of “more recent”): lower

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

upper (plural uppers)

1. A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
   1. Anything that cheers one up.
      • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

        Patrick was a cabbie & a dispatcher at Yellow Cab & when we got to the church where the [funeral] services were being held, the cabbies came out in force for Pat & there were at least 30 cabs pulling into the church parking lot. It was a real upper for a lot of us.

2. The upper portion of something
   1. (shoemaking) The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole.
   2. (footwear) The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops.
3. Someone with higher social standing
   1. A senior student.
4. That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
   1. A tooth in the upper jaw.
   2. A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw.
   3. An upper berth or bunk.
5. (Taoism) A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension.

Meronyms

• (shoemaking): vamp

Related terms

• on one's uppers – destitute

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See also

Anagrams

• Ruppe