upstairs

Plural: upstairs

Noun

• the part of a building above the ground floor
  • "no one was allowed to see the upstairs"
• An upper storey.
• A woman's breasts.

Adjective

• on or of upper floors of a building
  • "the upstairs maid"
  • "an upstairs room"

Adverb

• Toward or on a higher floor; in an upward direction.
• on a floor above
  • "they lived upstairs"
• with respect to the mind
  • "she's a bit weak upstairs"

Adj

• Located on a higher floor or level of a building.
• Pertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.

Adv

• Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.
• In the brain or mind.
• In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found.

Examples

• After a long game, he went upstairs to ponder his Scrabble strategy.
• After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn’t have a lot going on upstairs.
• I hate the people who live upstairs, and I especially hate their piano.
• I’ll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs.
• That fastball was upstairs for a ball.
• The woman upstairs told the people outside to stop reveling.
• We rent out the upstairs bedroom to a student.

Synonyms

on a higher floor, up the stairs, upstair

Antonyms

downstairs

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