Definition of up

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• up is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 4
• up is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 4
• up is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6

Definition of up

• getting higher or more vigorous (adjective)

  Examples

  1. its an up market

  Synonyms

  1. improving
• to a later time (adverb)

  Examples

  1. they moved the meeting date up
  2. from childhood upward

  Synonyms

  1. upward
  2. upwards
• spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position (adverb)

  Examples

  1. look up!
  2. the music surged up
  3. the fragments flew upwards
  4. prices soared upwards
  5. upwardly mobile

  Synonyms

  1. upward
  2. upwardly
  3. upwards
• out of bed (adjective)

  Examples

  1. up by seven each morning

  Synonyms

  1. astir
• extending or moving toward a higher place (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the up staircase
  2. a general upward movement of fish

  Synonyms

  1. upward
• being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the anchor is up
  2. the sun is up
  3. he lay face up
  4. he is up by a pawn
  5. the market is up
  6. the corn is up
• open (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the windows are up
• raise (verb)

  Examples

  1. up the ante
• (used of computers) operating properly (adjective)

  Examples

  1. how soon will the computers be up?
• used up (adjective)

  Examples

  1. time is up
• (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness (adjective)

  Examples

  1. he was up on his homework
  2. had to be up for the game
• to a higher intensity ()

  Examples

  1. he turned up the volume
• to a more central or a more northerly place ()

  Examples

  1. was transferred up to headquarters
  2. up to Canada for a vacation

See definition of up in Merriam Webster