Upstairs Definition

ŭpstârz
adverb
Up the stairs.
Webster's New World
On or to an upper floor or higher level.
Webster's New World
To or at a higher level.
Promoted upstairs to management.
American Heritage
Mentally; in the mind.
A person who lacks something upstairs.
Webster's New World

(colloquial) In the brain.

After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn't have a lot going on upstairs.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • on a higher floor
  • up the stairs
Antonyms:
adjective
Situated on an upper floor.
Webster's New World

(baseball) A pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.

That fastball was upstairs for a ball.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
noun
An upper floor or floors.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • the rooms above the ground floor
  • the sleeping apartments
  • the penthouse
  • the upper story

Origin of Upstairs

  • From up + stair + -s

    From Wiktionary

Upstairs Sentence Examples

  • The upstairs bedroom would become an office.

  • They walked upstairs hand in hand.

  • There are three small rooms upstairs but we'll explain about them later.

  • I thought he could stay in one of the rooms upstairs at night – if you don't mind.

  • The hall porter sullenly pulled a bell that rang upstairs, and turned away.

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