[noun] a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights" Synonyms: vertical
[noun] a piano with a vertical sounding board Synonyms: piano
[adjective] in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post" Synonyms: unsloped
[adjective] of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"; "the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass Synonyms: good, just, virtuous
[adjective] erect in posture; "behind him sat old man Arthur; he was straight with something angry in his attitude"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" Synonyms: straight, unbent, unbowed
[adjective] maintaining an erect position; "standing timber"; "many buildings were still standing" Synonyms: standing
[adjective] upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright" Synonyms: erect, vertical
