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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

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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.

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  • 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.

 

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