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up

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of UP

being at a higher level than average <the level of the lake is up this spring>

Synonyms elevated, escalated, heightened, increased, jacked (up), raised, up

Related Words extreme, full, maximized, maximum, peaked, sky-high, utmost; inflated, over, overfilled, overflowing, overfull, overlarge, overloaded, oversize (or oversized)

Near Antonyms decreased, depressed, dropped, knockdown [chiefly British], receded, under

Antonyms down, low

brought or having come to an end <okay, time is up>

Synonyms completed, concluded, done, down, ended, finished, over, over with, terminated, through, up

Related Words accomplished, achieved, attained, compassed, realized; dead, defunct, extinct, kaput (also kaputt), obsolete; expired

Antonyms continuing, incomplete, ongoing, uncompleted, undone, unfinished

having information especially as a result of study or experience <she's always up on the latest developments in fashion>

Synonyms abreast, acquainted, au courant, conversant, informed, knowledgeable, up, up-to-date, versed, well-informed

Related Words alive, aware, cognizant, conscious, heedful, mindful, sensible, sentient

Near Antonyms insensible, unaware, unconscious, unmindful; blind, oblivious, unknowing, unwitting; inattentive, unheeding

Antonyms ignorant, unacquainted, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowledgeable

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