Synonyms of up-and-down

up-and-down

adjective

as in vertical

Related Words

• vertical
• horizontal
• parallel
• perpendicular
• level
• plumb

Dissimilar Words

• oblique
• sloping
• diagonal
• listing
• sloped
• tilting
• tilted
• graded
• slant
• leaning
• pitched
• inclined
• slanted
• cant
• canted
• raked
• slantwise

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of up-and-down

The up-and-down build has led to some of the lowest and highest viewership of AEW Dynamite in back-to-back weeks. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Entering the final week of the preseason following Kahlil Benson’s up-and-down night in Tampa, the Chiefs moved him to left tackle with Josh Simmons dealing with a back injury, giving Jaylon Moore the week at right tackle. — Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026

Another temperature cooldown similar to the ones that have followed other spikes in heat this summer is about to impose itself on the Bay Area, but this time another weather element may arrive with it and signal an end to the up-and-down pattern. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026

The Red Sox, who’d won a wild card in an up-and-down season last year, had come out of spring training expected to contend for a playoff spot, but by the time Cora was fired the team had dropped seven games below five hundred. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026