stand-up

stand–up

adjective

Definition of STAND-UP

1

following the accepted rules of moral conduct <a real stand-up guy, he's willing to raise the child—by himself if necessary>

Synonyms decent, ethical, honest, just, noble, principled, respectable, righteous, stand-up, upright, upstanding

Related Words blameless, guiltless, irreproachable, unassailable, unimpeachable; chivalrous, classy, high-minded, menschy, right-minded; conscientious, fair, good, incorruptible, moral, reputable, respected, scrupulous, uncorrupted, virtuous; decorous, nice, polite, proper, seemly

Near Antonyms bad, blackguardly, corrupt, criminal, crooked, evil, immoral, iniquitous, knavish, mean, nefarious, rascally, reprehensible, roguish, rotten, scoundrelly, sinful; unfair, unscrupulous, vile, villainous, wicked, wretched; blamable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable; debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, disgraceful, disreputable, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, profligate, reprobate, shameful, venal

Antonyms base, dishonest, dishonorable, ignoble, low, unethical, unjust, unprincipled, unrighteous, unworthy

2

rising straight up <a puppy with stand-up ears>

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

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