| up | (adjective) being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level | - |
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| (adjective) extending or moving toward a higher place | Synonyms: upward |
| (adjective) out of bed | Synonyms: astir |
| (adjective) used up | - |
| (adjective) (used of computers) operating properly | - |
| (adjective) (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness | - |
| (adjective) open | - |
| (adjective) getting higher or more vigorous | Synonyms: improving |
| upbeat | (adjective) pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic | Synonyms: cheerful, pollyannaish |
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| upbound | (adjective) heading in any direction that is conventionally up | - |
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| upcoming | (adjective) of the relatively near future | Synonyms: approaching, coming, forthcoming |
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| upcountry | (adjective) of or coming from the middle of a region or country | Synonyms: interior, midland |
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| upcurved | (adjective) curving upward | - |
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| upended | (adjective) turned up on end | - |
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| upfield | (adjective) away from the defending teams' end of the playing field | - |
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| upfront | (adjective) frank and honest | - |
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| uphill | (adjective) sloping upward | Synonyms: acclivitous, rising |
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| upland | (adjective) used of high or hilly country | Synonyms: highland |
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| uplifted | (adjective) exalted emotionally especially with pride | - |
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| upmarket | (adjective) designed for consumers with high incomes | - |
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| upmost | (adjective) at or nearest to the top | Synonyms: topmost, uppermost |
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| upper | (adjective) the topmost one of two; upper | - |
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| (adjective) higher in place or position | - |
| (adjective) superior in rank or accomplishment | - |
| uppercase | (adjective) relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case | - |
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| uppermost | (adjective) at or nearest to the top | Synonyms: topmost, upmost |
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| uppish | (adjective) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant | Synonyms: bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches |
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| uppity | (adjective) presumptuously arrogant | Synonyms: overweening |
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| upraised | (adjective) held up in the air | Synonyms: lifted |
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| upright | (adjective) upright in position or posture | Synonyms: erect, vertical |
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| (adjective) of moral excellence | Synonyms: good, just |
| (adjective) in a vertical position; not sloping | Synonyms: unsloped |
| uproarious | (adjective) marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter | Synonyms: hilarious, screaming |
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| (adjective) uncontrollably noisy | Synonyms: rackety, rip-roaring |
| upscale | (adjective) appropriate for people with good incomes | - |
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| upset | (adjective) thrown into a state of disarray or confusion | Synonyms: broken, confused, disordered |
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| (adjective) mildly physically distressed | - |
| (adjective) afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | Synonyms: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, worried |
| (adjective) having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom | Synonyms: overturned, upturned |
| (adjective) used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win | - |
| upsetting | (adjective) causing an emotional disturbance | Synonyms: disconcerting |
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| upstage | (adjective) of the back half of a stage | - |
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| (adjective) remote in manner | Synonyms: aloof, distant |
| upstair | (adjective) on or of upper floors of a building | Synonyms: upstairs |
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| upstairs | (adjective) on or of upper floors of a building | Synonyms: upstair |
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| upstanding | (adjective) meriting respect or esteem | Synonyms: solid |
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| upstart | (adjective) characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position | Synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue |
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| upstream | (adjective) in the direction against a stream's current | - |
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| uptight | (adjective) being in a tense state | Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive |
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| uptown | (adjective) of or located in the upper part of a town | - |
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| upturned | (adjective) (used of noses) turned up at the end | Synonyms: retrousse, tip-tilted |
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| (adjective) having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom | Synonyms: overturned, upset |
| upward | (adjective) extending or moving toward a higher place | Synonyms: up |
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| (adjective) directed up | - |
| upwind | (adjective) towards the side exposed to wind | Synonyms: weather |
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