upper

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English upper. By surface analysis, up +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŭʹ-pər IPA(key): /ˈʌpə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʌpɚ/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈʊpə/ Hyphenation: up‧per Rhymes: -ʌpə(ɹ) === Adjective === upper (comparative (rare) uppermore, superlative uppermost) At a higher level, rank or position. Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly. (geology, of strata or geological time periods) Younger, more recent. (education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “at a higher position”): lower, under (antonym(s) of “situated higher”): lower (antonym(s) of “more recent”): lower ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === upper (plural uppers) A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite. Anything that cheers one up. 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Patrick was a cabbie & a dispatcher at Yellow Cab & when we got to the church where the [funeral] services were being held, the cabbies came out in force for Pat & there were at least 30 cabs pulling into the church parking lot. It was a real upper for a lot of us. The upper portion of something. (shoemaking) The piece of material that forms the top part of a shoe or boot above the sole. Holonyms: shoe, boot Comeronyms: sole, tongue, laces, heel genuine leather upper / balance manmade [label on a shoe] (footwear) The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops. Someone with higher social standing A senior student. That which is higher, contrasted with the lower. A tooth in the upper jaw. A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw. An upper berth or bunk. (Taoism) A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension. ==== Meronyms ==== (shoemaking): vamp ==== Related terms ==== on one's uppers – destitute ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === Ruppe