erect

erect

adjective

Definition of ERECT

rising straight up <a lone tree remained erect after the terrible tornado had passed>

Synonyms perpendicular, plumb, raised, standing, stand-up, upright, upstanding, vertical

Related Words elevated, lifted, upended, upraised; semierect; freestanding, stand-alone

Near Antonyms prostrate, supine; diagonal, hanging, sagging, slant, slanted, slanting, slanty

Antonyms flat, recumbent