Another word for up

Above, along, and advancing are another word for up. Down and lower are the opposites of up. On this page, find 51 synonyms for up, parts of speech, and examples of up sentences.

Up synonyms

"Up" typically denotes movement or position towards a higher point, a state of readiness or alertness, completion of a task or improvement in condition, or an increase in value or quantity.

  • Above
  • Acclivous
  • Advancing
  • Aloft
  • Along
  • Amplifying
  • Animated
  • Arising
  • Ascendant
  • Ascending
  • Awakening
  • Better
  • Boosting
  • Bright
  • Brisk
  • Climbing
  • Cumulative
  • Elevated
  • Elevated
  • Elevating
  • Emergent
  • Enhancing
  • Erect
  • Escalating
  • Fortified
  • Glad
  • Heightening
  • High
  • Hoisting
  • Increasing
  • Lifting
  • Onward
  • Overhead
  • Perpendicular
  • Raising
  • Risen
  • Skyward
  • Soaring
  • Spiraling
  • Spirited
  • Standing
  • Surging
  • Uplifted
  • Upstairs
  • Upturned
  • Upward-bound
  • Upward
  • Upwardly
  • Vertical
  • Improved

Up sentences

  • He woke up early to catch sunrise.
  • She spruced up her apartment for guests.
  • The stock market has been going up.
  • Let's clean up before they arrive.
  • He lifted up the heavy box carefully.
  • The children lined up for the bus.
  • She grew up in a small town.

Up parts of speech

Preposition