| Main Entry: | upright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | straight-up |
Synonyms: |
cocked, end on, end up, erect, on end, perpendicular, plumb, raised, sheer, stand-up, standing, steep, straight, upended, upstanding, upward, vertical |
Antonyms: |
fallen, lying, prone |
| Main Entry: | upright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honorable, honest |
Synonyms: |
aboveboard, blameless, circumspect, conscientious, correct, equitable, ethical, exemplary, fair, faithful, good, high-minded, impartial, incorruptible, just, kosher*, legit, moral, noble, principled, punctilious, pure, right, righteous, square, straight, straightforward, true, true-blue, trustworthy, unimpeachable, up front, virtuous |
Antonyms: |
dishonest, dishonorable, disreputable, unrespected |
| Main Entry: | blameless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not responsible |
Synonyms: |
above suspicion, clean, clean-handed, clear, crimeless, exemplary, faultless, good, guilt-free, guiltless, immaculate, impeccable, in the clear, inculpable, innocent, irreprehensible, irreproachable, not guilty, perfect, pure, righteous, stainless, unblemished, unimpeachable, unoffending, unspotted, unsullied, untarnished, upright, virtuous |
Antonyms: |
culpable, guilty, impeachable, reproachable, responsible |
| Main Entry: | candid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest |
Synonyms: |
aboveboard, bluff, blunt, equal, equitable, fair, forthright, frank, free, frontal, genuine, guileless, impartial, ingenuous, just, objective, open, outspoken, plain, right up front, scrupulous, sincere, straightforward, talking turkey, telling it like it is, truthful, unbiased, uncolored, unequivocal, unprejudiced, unpretended, up front, upright |
Antonyms: |
artful, deceitful, devious, lying, tricky |
| Main Entry: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chaste, virtuous |
Synonyms: |
blameless, crimeless, decent, exemplary, faultless, good, guiltless, honorable, inculpable, innocent, modest, moral, respectable, sinless, undefiled, unguilty, unsullied, upright, wholesome |
Antonyms: |
besmirched, defiled, impure, unchaste, unvirtuous |
| Main Entry: | column |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pillar |
Synonyms: |
brace, buttress, caryatid, colonnade, cylinder, mast, minaret, monolith, monument, obelisk, pedestal, peristyle, pier, pilaster, post, prop, pylon, shaft, standard, stay, stele, support, totem, tower, underpinning, upright |
| Main Entry: | decent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectable, appropriate |
Synonyms: |
approved, becoming, befitting, chaste, clean, comely, comme il faut, conforming, continent, correct, decorous, delicate, ethical, fit, fitting, good, honest, honorable, immaculate, mannerly, modest, moral, nice, noble, on the up and up, polite, presentable, proper, prudent, pure, reserved, right, seemly, spotless, stainless, standard, straight, straight arrow, straight shooting, suitable, trustworthy, unblemished, undefiled, untarnished, upright, virtuous, worthy |
Antonyms: |
inappropriate, indecent, poor, unrespectable, unsuitable, unsuited |
| Main Entry: | dignified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honorable |
Synonyms: |
aristocratic, august, courtly, decorous, distinguished, distingué, eminent, formal, grand, grave, great, highbrow, highfalutin', imperial, imperious, lofty, magisterial, magnificent, nifty*, noble, proud, refined, regal, reserved, respected, solemn, somber, stately, superior, upright |
Antonyms: |
dishonorable, indecorous, undignified |
| Main Entry: | elevated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | highly moral or dignified |
Synonyms: |
animated, big-time, bright, elated, eloquent, eminent, ethical, exalted, exhilarated, formal, grand, grandiloquent, heavy, high, high-flown, high-minded, honorable, inflated, lofty, noble, righteous, stately, sublime, superb, upright, upstanding, virtuous |
Antonyms: |
base, immoral, lowly, undignified |
| Main Entry: | erect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | straight up |
Synonyms: |
arrect, cocked, elevated, erectile, firm, perpendicular, raised, rigid, standing, stiff, upright, upstanding, vertical |
Antonyms: |
prone, prostrate |