| upbeat | (noun) an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure) | Synonyms: offbeat |
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| (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, eudaimonia, welfare, well-being, wellbeing |
| upbraider | (noun) someone who finds fault or imputes blame | Synonyms: rebuker, reproacher, reprover |
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| upbraiding | (noun) a severe scolding | Synonyms: bawling out, castigation, chewing out, dressing down, earful, going-over |
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| upbringing | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing |
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| (noun) properties acquired during a person's formative years | - |
| upcast | (noun) air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine | - |
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| update | (noun) the act of bringing someone or something up to date | - |
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| (noun) information or data that updates | - |
| updating | (noun) the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something) | - |
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| updraft | (noun) a strong upward air current | - |
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| upending | (noun) turning upside down; setting on end | Synonyms: inversion |
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| upgrade | (noun) the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components) | - |
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| (noun) hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did | - |
| (noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises | Synonyms: rise, rising slope |
| (noun) a reservation that is improved | - |
| (noun) software that provides better performance than an earlier version did | - |
| (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise |
| upheaval | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil |
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| (noun) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) | Synonyms: uplift, upthrow, upthrust |
| (noun) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally) | Synonyms: Sturm und Drang, turbulence |
| (noun) a violent disturbance | Synonyms: convulsion, turmoil |
| uphill | (noun) the upward slope of a hill | - |
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| upholder | (noun) someone who upholds or maintains | Synonyms: maintainer, sustainer |
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| upholsterer | (noun) a craftsman who upholsters furniture | - |
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| upholstery | (noun) the craft of upholstering | - |
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| (noun) covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture | - |
| upkeep | (noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order | Synonyms: care, maintenance |
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| (noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | Synonyms: maintenance, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation |
| upland | (noun) elevated (e.g., mountainous) land | Synonyms: highland |
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| uplift | (noun) a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts | - |
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| (noun) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) | Synonyms: upheaval, upthrow, upthrust |
| uplifting | (noun) the rise of something | - |
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| uplink | (noun) a transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission | - |
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| upper | (noun) piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot | - |
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| (noun) a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression | Synonyms: amphetamine, pep pill, speed |
| (noun) the higher of two berths | Synonyms: upper berth |
| uppercase | (noun) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | Synonyms: capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter |
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| uppercut | (noun) a swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin) | - |
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| uppishness | (noun) assumption of airs beyond one's station | Synonyms: uppityness |
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| uppityness | (noun) assumption of airs beyond one's station | Synonyms: uppishness |
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| upright | (noun) a piano with a vertical sounding board | Synonyms: upright piano |
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| (noun) a vertical structural member as a post or stake | Synonyms: vertical |
| uprightness | (noun) righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest | Synonyms: rectitude |
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| (noun) position at right angles to the horizon | Synonyms: erectness, verticality, verticalness |
| (noun) the property of being upright in posture | Synonyms: erectness |
| uprising | (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion, revolt, rising |
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| uproar | (noun) loud confused noise from many sources | Synonyms: brouhaha, hubbub, katzenjammer |
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| (noun) a state of commotion and noise and confusion | Synonyms: garboil, tumult, tumultuousness |
| uprooter | (noun) a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to | Synonyms: destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster |
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| upset | (noun) an improbable and unexpected victory | Synonyms: overturn |
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| (noun) the act of disturbing the mind or body | Synonyms: derangement, overthrow |
| (noun) the act of upsetting something | Synonyms: overturn, turnover |
| (noun) a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging | Synonyms: swage |
| (noun) an unhappy and worried mental state | Synonyms: disturbance, perturbation |
| (noun) a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning | Synonyms: disorder |
| upsetter | (noun) an unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor | - |
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| upshot | (noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result |
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| upside | (noun) the highest or uppermost side of anything | Synonyms: top, top side, upper side |
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| upsilon | (noun) the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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| upstage | (noun) the rear part of the stage | - |
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| upstager | (noun) a selfish actor who upstages the other actors | - |
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| upstairs | (noun) the part of a building above the ground floor | - |
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| upstart | (noun) a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright | Synonyms: kip |
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| (noun) a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class | Synonyms: arriviste, nouveau-riche, parvenu |
| (noun) an arrogant or presumptuous person | - |
| upstroke | (noun) a stroke normally made in an upward direction | - |
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| upsurge | (noun) a sudden or abrupt strong increase | Synonyms: surge |
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| (noun) a sudden forceful flow | Synonyms: rush, spate, surge |
| uptake | (noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) | Synonyms: consumption, ingestion, intake |
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| (noun) a process of taking up or using up or consuming | - |
| upthrow | (noun) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) | Synonyms: upheaval, uplift, upthrust |
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| upthrust | (noun) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) | Synonyms: upheaval, uplift, upthrow |
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| uptick | (noun) a transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction | - |
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| uptime | (noun) a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use | - |
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| uptown | (noun) a residential part of town away from the central commercial district | - |
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| upturn | (noun) an upward movement or trend as in business activity | - |
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| upvote | (noun) A positive vote on a social media website | - |
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