Synonyms of upstanding

upstanding

adjective

ˌəp-ˈstan-diŋ 

1

as in honorable

following the accepted rules of moral conduct

a fine, upstanding woman who deserves to be nominated to the state's highest court

Synonyms & Similar Words

• honorable
• honest
• ethical
• respectable
• noble
• decent
• upright
• principled
• righteous
• good
• conscientious
• just
• nice
• respected
• irreproachable
• stand-up
• moral
• virtuous
• blameless
• proper
• unimpeachable
• polite
• classy
• reputable
• chivalrous
• unassailable
• guiltless
• incorruptible
• right-minded
• uncorrupted
• scrupulous
• high-minded
• decorous
• seemly
• fair
• menschy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• low
• base
• dishonest
• criminal
• unworthy
• dishonorable
• unethical
• ignoble
• unjust
• unprincipled
• corrupt
• crooked
• evil
• immoral
• rotten
• unrighteous
• roguish
• reprehensible
• sinful
• bad
• nefarious
• mean
• rascally
• wicked
• iniquitous
• unscrupulous
• vile
• villainous
• unfair
• wretched
• knavish
• culpable
• loose
• blackguardly
• dissolute
• scoundrelly
• censurable
• degenerate
• depraved
• disreputable
• venal
• debauched
• profligate
• blamable
• perverted
• blameworthy
• debased
• disgraceful
• shameful
• degraded
• decadent
• libertine
• perverse
• demoralized
• dissipated
• reprobate

2

as in vertical

rising straight up

not a single wall remained upstanding after the tornado had passed

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of upstanding in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The upstanding Uber driver opened up about his personal life during dinner and revealed that his daughter Myra was in chemotherapy. —Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024

Smart people making upstanding choices makes for boring television. —Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 14 May 2024

Here, though, Putin is given way more than his due: glamorized as a shy, upstanding mayor corrupted by Berezovsky and his plutocratic ilk. —Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024

On paper, Nicholas Trott, governor of New Providence, was an upstanding pillar of the community. —Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024