Antonyms for stand-up
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : stand-uhp |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstændˌʌp |
- corrupt
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- evil
- fallen
- false
- fraudulent
- horizontal
- illegal
- illegitimate
- immoral
- imprecise
- improper
- inaccurate
- inadmissible
- inappropriate
- inequitable
- insane
- invalid
- left
- level
- lying
- mad
- misbehaving
- prone
- unacceptable
- unfair
- unfit
- unfitting
- unhealthy
- unjust
- unlawful
- unreal
- unrespected
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untrustworthy
- wrong
Definition of stand-up
Origin :- "courageous," 1811, originally of fist fights. To stand (someone) up "fail to keep an appointment" is attested from 1902. Stand-up comic first attested 1966.
- As in perpendicular : adj at right angles to
- As in right : adj fair, just
- As in upright : adj straight-up
- As in funnyman : noun joker
- The edge of a stand-up collar, stiff with gold embroidery, rubbed her cheek.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- He lighted one, and stuck it on the ledge of the stand-up desk.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
- There is no harm in a stand-up fight with the weapons of nature.
- Extract from : « The Making Of A Novelist » by David Christie Murray
- There were ladies in coats and stand-up collars, and gentlemen with ringlets.
- Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
- This will do away with the stand-up look that sleeves sometimes have.
- Extract from : « Textiles and Clothing » by Kate Heintz Watson
- "We needn't face each other as if we were going to have a stand-up fight," he said.
- Extract from : « The Marriage of Elinor » by Margaret Oliphant
- I knew—as he knew—that it was a stand-up fight with death, and in a pause told him so.
- Extract from : « Dracula » by Bram Stoker
- Of the five men in his boat, not one but might have whipped him in a stand-up fight.
- Extract from : « The Sea Bride » by Ben Ames Williams
- You and she, I foresee, will have a stand-up fight for it at least once a week.
- Extract from : « Airy Fairy Lilian » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
- It was a stand-up fight between the man of facts and the man of letters.
- Extract from : « The Tysons » by May Sinclair
Synonyms for stand-up
- appropriate
- card
- clown
- cocked
- comedian
- comic
- condign
- conscientious
- deserved
- due
- end on
- end up
- equitable
- erect
- ethical
- farceur
- fitting
- gagster
- good
- honest
- honorable
- horizontal
- humorist
- jester
- jokester
- justifiable
- lawful
- legal
- legitimate
- merited
- moral
- on end
- perpendicular
- plumb
- proper
- quipster
- raised
- requisite
- righteous
- rightful
- scrupulous
- sheer
- stand-up
- stand-up comedian
- stand-up comic
- standing
- steep
- straight
- straight-up
- suitable
- true
- upended
- upright
- upstanding
- upward
- vertical
- virtuous
- wag
- wisecracker
- wit
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