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stand-up

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of stand-up

decent, ethical, honest, honorable, just, noble, principled, respectable, righteous, upright, upstanding
Words Related to stand-up

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 of stand-up

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 of stand-up

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

2 rising straight up

  • a puppy with stand-up ears
Synonyms of stand-up

erect, perpendicular, plumb, raised, standing, upright, upstanding, vertical
Words Related to stand-up

elevated, lifted, upended, upraised

semierect

freestanding, stand-alone
Near Antonyms of stand-up

prostrate, supine

diagonal, hanging, sagging, slant, slanted, slanting, slanty
Antonyms of stand-up

flat, recumbent

stand up

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of stand up

to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval

  • a hypothesis that won't stand up to close analysis
Synonyms of stand up

fly, hold up, pass, wash
Words Related to stand up

get through, go down, go over, go through, play, take, work
Phrases Synonymous with stand up

hold water, pass muster

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