upperadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈʌp.ər/us/ˈʌp.ɚ/B1 at a higher position or level than something else, or being the top part of something:
The office building's upper floors were being repainted.
If the infection is not checked it will probably spread to the upper body.
Opposite
lower
More examples
- We sat in one of the upper tiers of the football stands.
- the upper jaw/lip
- He died from multiple stab wounds to the neck and upper body.
- the upper age limit
- the upper echelons of society
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Up and upward
- ascent
- climbing
- heavenward
- perpendicular
- skyward
- up
- uphill
- uplift
- uplifted
- uppermost
- upright
- upturned
- upward
- upwards
- vertical
uppernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈʌp.ər/us/ˈʌp.ɚ/upper noun [ C ] (SHOE PART)
the top part of a shoe that covers a person's foot and to which the heel and the sole are attached:
These shoes have leather uppers and synthetic soles.
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Shoes
- ankle boot
- ballet shoe
- Birkenstock
- bootlace
- bootstrap
- brogue
- gumboot
- high heels
- high-top
- hobnail boot
- insole
- instep
- shoehorn
- shoelace
- shoestring
- shoetree
- skyscraper heels
- wellington
- welly
- whitening
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upper noun [ C ] (DRUG)
informal a drug that causes a person taking it to feel very active and excited
Opposite
downer
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Specific types of drug
- amyl nitrite
- antiretroviral
- blunt
- cisplatin
- coke
- corticosteroid
- designer drug
- dope
- downer
- hash
- junk
- marijuana
- methamphetamine
- mind-altering
- narcotic
- pep pill
- popper
- skunkweed
- stimulant
- weed
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Idiom(s)
be on your uppers