Synonyms of upended

upended 1 of 2

adjective

as in lifted

Related Words

• lifted
• upraised
• vertical
• elevated
• erect
• standing
• upright
• perpendicular
• plumb
• raised
• stand-up
• upstanding
• semierect
• freestanding
• stand-alone

Dissimilar Words

• flat
• recumbent
• prostrate
• hanging
• supine
• sagging
• slanted
• slant
• diagonal
• slanting
• slanty

upended

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verb

past tense of upend

1

as in defeated

to achieve a victory over

the team won the division play-offs, but was upended in the final championship game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeated
• overcame
• mastered
• took
• dispatched
• conquered
• beat
• got
• stopped
• subdued
• surmounted
• succeeded
• bested
• licked
• prevailed (over)
• trimmed
• overmatched
• got the better of
• triumphed (over)
• won (against)
• swept
• buried
• worsted
• crushed
• got around
• overwhelmed
• flattened
• finished
• surpassed
• skunked
• slaughtered
• upset
• did down
• whipped
• clobbered
• exceeded
• annihilated
• capped
• scored
• topped
• knocked for a loop
• trounced
• thrashed
• bombed
• flourished
• broke
• blew out
• excelled
• routed
• vanquished
• overthrew
• transcended
• shellacked
• eclipsed
• unseated
• subjugated
• creamed
• outstripped
• walloped
• overbore
• blew away
• overpowered
• snowed under
• skinned
• edged (out)
• outdistanced
• waxed
• smoked
• pipped
• knocked over
• drubbed
• outdid
• bettered
• knocked off
• outshone
• nosed out
• overtopped
• aced (out)
• outfought

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost (to)
• fell
• went down
• failed
• collapsed
• folded
• gave up
• went under
• washed out
• flopped
• flunked

2

as in erected

to fix in an upright position

we had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erected
• raised
• lifted
• reared
• hoisted
• pitched
• set up
• braced
• elevated
• upheld
• put up
• upraised
• buttressed
• supported
• propped (up)
• uplifted
• heightened
• hiked
• boosted
• heaved
• upped
• craned
• shored (up)
• hefted
• picked up
• perked (up)
• jacked (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flattened
• demolished
• leveled
• razed
• knocked down
• tore down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of upended

Adjective

This is half of what Maura wants people to understand; that there are people behind the statistics, that there are children who have grown up without a father and spouses who saw their life upended, never to be righted again. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Competing factions of the notorious Sinaloa cartel have been engaged in a bloody, almost two-year civil war that has left thousands dead and upended life in Culiacán and elsewhere in the state. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Many of the President’s posts on the platform have upended markets. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 17 July 2026

Now travel back to 2019, before the pandemic upended real estate. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 13 July 2026

The series followed Jane Villanueva, played by Rodriguez, whose life is unexpectedly upended after she is accidentally artificially inseminated. — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026

Rutte’s predecessor, Stoltenberg, has written in his memoir about chairing a 2018 summit that Trump nearly upended. — Lorne Cook, Fortune, 5 July 2026

Trump's push to make that change upended how the constitutional guarantee – long considered a bedrock American principle – had historically been understood. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 June 2026

Merchandise was displayed in or atop packing crates and upended barrels. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

Verb

Teams are not likely to be upended by the game-changing technology the way other investments might be. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Their lives are upended by the horrific attacks of October 7 and they’re forced to put the pieces back together. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

Many of the same market forces that have upended college sports in the past decade are working their way down to younger athletes, with many of the same results. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2026

New research is beginning to quantify just how much the introduction of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, the adoption of reuse, and the vehicle’s high cadence have upended the global launch market, Ars reports. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

What were once basic tenets — amateurism, transfers, years of eligibility — have been upended. — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Also missing is any clear acknowledgment of Singer’s fear for the horrors in store for Antonapoulos, and the dramatic irony created by Antonapoulos’ own seeming obliviousness to how his life is being upended. — Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

Instead, the match was turned into a Fatal 4-Way before the bell rang, and Zayn was upended by another surprise return in the form of Kevin Owens. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

And Netflix — the company that upended the pay-TV model more than a decade ago with binge-watching, password-sharing, and no advertisements — has reversed course on many of its previous strategies in an effort to keep investors happy. — Alex Sherman,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026