| Main Entry: | upstanding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honorable |
Synonyms: |
ethical, good, honest, incorruptible, moral, principled, straightforward, true, trustworthy, upright |
Antonyms: |
bad, corrupted, dishonorable, disreputable |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | ethical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moral, righteous |
Synonyms: |
Christian, clean, conscientious, correct, decent, elevated, equitable, fair, fitting, good, high-principled, honest, honorable, humane, just, kosher*, moralistic, noble, principled, proper, respectable, right, right-minded, square, straight, true blue, upright, upstanding, virtuous |
Antonyms: |
corrupt, dishonest, immoral, improper, unethical, unjust, unrighteous |
| Main Entry: | moral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ethical, honest |
Synonyms: |
aboveboard, blameless, chaste, conscientious, correct, courteous, decent, decorous, dutiful, elevated, exemplary, good, high-minded, honorable, immaculate, incorruptible, innocent, just, kindly, kosher*, laudable, meet, meritorious, modest, moralistic, noble, praiseworthy, principled, proper, pure, respectable, right, righteous, saintly, salt of the earth, scrupulous, seemly, square, straight, true-blue, trustworthy, truthful, upright, upstanding, virtuous, worthy |
| Notes: | moral (noun) means the lesson or principle of a story or event - (adjective) relating to lessons or principles of right and wrong; morale is a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose or the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed |
Antonyms: |
amoral, bad, corrupt, dishonest, evil, immoral, sinful, unethical, unprincipled, vile |
| Main Entry: | saintly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good, righteous |
Synonyms: |
angelic, beatific, blameless, blessed, devout, divine, god-fearing, godly, holy, pious, pure, religious, sainted, saintlike, seraph, sinless, upright, upstanding, virtuous, worthy |
Antonyms: |
bad, sinful, unholy, unrighteous, wicked |
| Main Entry: | solid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dependable, reliable |
Synonyms: |
cogent, constant, decent, estimable, genuine, good, law-abiding, levelheaded, pure, real, satisfactory, satisfying, sensible, serious, sober, sound, stalwart, steadfast, trustworthy, trusty, upright, upstanding, valid, worthy |
Antonyms: |
tenuous, undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy, vulnerable |
| Main Entry: | straightforward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest |
Synonyms: |
aboveboard, barefaced, candid, direct, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, honorable, just, laid on the line, level, like it is, mellow*, open, outspoken, plain, plain-dealing, pretenseless, right-on, sincere, square-shooting, straight, straight-arrow, talking turkey, truthful, unconcealed, undisguised, undissembled, undissembling, unequivocal, unvarnished, up front, upright, upstanding, veracious |
Antonyms: |
deceitful, devious, dishonest |
| 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: | squeaky clean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of integrity |
Synonyms: |
above suspicion, beyond reproach, blameless, ethical, faultless, highly respectable, honest, immaculate, innocent, irreproachable, reputable, spotless, stainless, unblemished, uncorrupt, unimpeachable, upstanding, virtuous |