UPSCALE Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

upscale

adjective

ˈəp-ˈskāl

Definition of upscale

as in fashionable

appealing to affluent consumers a new upscale shopping center is under construction on the west end of town

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Recent Examples of upscale Florida developers are now leveraging this scientific understanding in upscale residential projects. — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Today, the pyramid is surrounded by parks, leafy streets and upscale apartment buildings in the districts of Miraflores and San Isidro. — CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Doolin welcomes me into his upscale Airbnb on the fifth floor of an apartment block a five-minute walk from Lleras Park. — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026 Over the past two years, he's transformed an empty storefront next to an Amoco gas station convenience store in Lakeville, Minnesota into The Farmer's Cellar, an upscale restaurant and cocktail bar with a speakeasy twist. — Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for upscale

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Adjective

Their original running shoes are functional, but the fresh FP Movement drop is seriously fashionable.

— Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 20 Aug. 2026
Advertisement Dreams have not always been a fashionable target of study.

— Veronique Greenwood, Time, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of fashionable

Adjective

Yeah, just continue and figure out elegant ways to catch up with everyone, like catch up with what’s been happening in the last year.

— Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
The couple recently tied the knot in an elegant ceremony in Sicily at the historic Villa Valguarnera near Palermo on June 6, after officially marrying in London’s Marylebone Town Hall in advance.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of elegant

Adjective

In an exclusive statement sent to WWD, Hall expressed her admiration for the award-winning makeup artist and the creative behind the campaign.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
Her duties include reading slush-pile submissions, making coffee, and tending to the needs of high-profile guests during Platen’s many exclusive fêtes.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of exclusive

Adjective

As the restaurant became more upmarket, so did the desire to offer somewhere to stay that was just as sophisticated.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
An uncertain future Since 2016, Axel Emmanuel Gbaou has been making 100% Ivorian chocolate bars and selling them out of his tiny shop, Le Chocolatier Ivoirien, in an upmarket suburb of Abidjan.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of upmarket

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