Synonyms for stand-up

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : stand-uhp

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstændˌʌp

Top 10 synonyms for stand-up

Other synonyms for the word stand-up

Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

Antonyms for stand-up

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