Antonyms for up and down
Grammar : Adj, adv |
Spell : uhp-uh n-doun |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌp ənˈdaʊn |
- calm
- careful
- cautious
- certain
- clean
- common
- considering
- constant
- continuous
- conventional
- decent
- deficiently
- definite
- deliberate
- dependable
- difficult
- dishonest
- economical
- enduring
- even
- firm
- flat
- gentle
- heedful
- horizontal
- inadequately
- incompletely
- inexhaustively
- kind
- lasting
- level
- little
- methodical
- moral
- nice
- normal
- observant
- partially
- partly
- permanent
- planned
- predictable
- premeditative
- prone
- reasonable
- regular
- reliable
- righteous
- sensible
- smooth
- stable
- staid
- standard
- steadfast
- steady
- superficially
- sure
- systematic
- thoughtful
- thrifty
- tranquil
- unchangeable
- unchanging
- unperturbable
- unvarying
- usual
- wise
Definition of up and down
Origin :- earliest recorded sense is "to drive and catch (swans)," 1560, from up (adv.). Meaning "to get up, rise to one's feet" (as in up and leave) is recorded from 1643. Sense of "to move upward" is recorded from 1737. Meaning "increase" (as in up the price of oil) is attested from 1915. Cf. Old English verb uppian "to rise." Upping block is attested from 1796.
- As in impulsive : adj tending to act without thought
- As in irregular : adj random, variable
- As in mercurial : adj flighty, temperamental
- As in plumb : adj vertical
- As in throughout : adj during the whole of
- As in vertical : adj upright
- As in volatile : adj explosive, changeable
- As in wanton : adj careless
- As in to and fro : adj back and forth
- As in capricious : adj given to sudden behavior change
- As in up-and-down : adj variable
- As in supererogative : adj wanton
- As in supererogatory : adj wanton
- As in thoroughly : adv exhaustively
- As in back and forth : adv backward and forward
- As in backwards and forwards : adv in detail
- As in exhaustively : adv thoroughly
- As in intensively : adv completely
Synonyms for up and down
- aberrant
- abrupt
- absolutely
- ad-lib
- aimless
- airy
- all
- all over
- all the time
- all the way
- all through
- alternating
- altogether
- any way the wind blows
- arbitrary
- around
- assiduously
- at full length
- automatic
- backward and forward
- backwards and forwards
- blowing hot and cold
- bobbing
- bolt upright
- bubbleheaded
- buoyant
- capricious
- carefully
- careless
- casual
- changeable
- changeful
- cocked
- competently
- completely
- comprehensively
- conclusively
- conscientiously
- contrary
- crotchety
- designless
- desultory
- devil-may-care
- disconnected
- discontinuous
- during
- earnestly
- eccentric
- effectively
- effervescent
- efficiently
- elastic
- elusive
- emotional
- en masse
- ephemeral
- erect
- erratic
- every bit
- every which way
- everyplace
- everywhere
- exceedingly
- exceptionally
- exclusively
- exhaustively
- expansive
- extemporaneous
- extensively
- extravagant
- extremely
- faltering
- fanciful
- far and near
- far and wide
- fickle
- finally
- fitful
- flaky
- flat out
- fleeting
- flighty
- flip
- flippant
- fluctuating
- for the duration
- forward and back
- fragmentary
- freakish
- free
- frivolous
- from A to Z
- from beginning to end
- from end to end
- from one end to the other
- from pillar to post
- from side to side
- from start to finish
- from the start
- from the word go
- from top to bottom
- fugacious
- fugitive
- fully
- gaga
- gaseous
- gay
- giddy
- gone off deep end
- gratuitous
- haphazard
- hard
- hasty
- headlong
- heart and soul
- heedless
- helter-skelter
- here and there
- high and low
- highly
- hit-or-miss
- hook line and sinker
- hot and cold
- hot-and-cold
- hugely
- humorsome
- immoderate
- impermanent
- impetuous
- imponderable
- impulsive
- in all
- in all respects
- in and out
- in detail
- in entirety
- in every place
- in everything
- in full
- in toto
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- indiscriminate
- infrequent
- inside and out
- inside out
- instinctive
- intemperate
- intensely
- intensively
- intermittent
- intuitive
- involuntary
- irregular
- irrepressible
- jerky
- jumping the gun
- kinky
- lavish
- light
- lighthearted
- lively
- lubricious
- mad
- mercurial
- meticulously
- mobile
- momentary
- moody
- movable
- mutable
- nonuniform
- notably
- notional
- occasional
- odd
- off and on
- offhand
- on all accounts
- on all counts
- on end
- out of order
- outrageous
- over
- overall
- painstakingly
- passionate
- patchy
- perfectly
- perpendicular
- picky
- playful
- plumb
- precipitate
- prodigal
- profuse
- punchy
- purposeless
- queer
- quick
- quicksilver
- quirky
- quite
- rash
- reckless
- recurrent
- remarkably
- resilient
- right through
- round
- scrupulously
- seesaw
- shaky
- sheer
- shifting
- short-fuse
- short-lived
- solidly
- spasmodic
- spendthrift
- spirited
- spoiled
- spontaneous
- sporadic
- sprightly
- steep
- straight
- straight up
- straight-up
- strikingly
- subtle
- sudden
- supererogative
- supererogatory
- sweepingly
- swift
- temperamental
- the whole time
- thoroughly
- thriftless
- through and through
- through the whole of
- throughout
- ticklish
- to and fro
- to the end
- to the limit
- to the max
- to the nth degree
- totally
- transient
- transitory
- ultimately
- unabridged
- unanimously
- uncalled-for
- uncertain
- unconditionally
- unconsidered
- undividedly
- uneven
- unexpected
- unfettered
- unmeditated
- unmethodical
- unpredictable
- unpremeditated
- unprompted
- unpunctual
- unreasonable
- unreliable
- unremittingly
- unreserved
- unrestrained
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- unsystematic
- up and down
- up-and-down
- upright
- upward
- utterly
- vacillating
- vagarious
- vaporous
- variable
- vertical
- very
- violent
- volatile
- wasteful
- wayward
- weaving
- whimsical
- whole hog
- wholly
- wild
- winging it
- without omission
- yo-yo
- yoyo
- zigzag
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