UPSTAIRS DEFINITIONS - 8 definitions found
WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) 
upstairs
adj 1: on or of upper floors of a building; "the upstairs maid";
"an upstairs room" [syn: upstairs, upstair] [ant:
downstair, downstairs]
n 1: the part of a building above the ground floor; "no one was
allowed to see the upstairs"
adv 1: on a floor above; "they lived upstairs" [syn: upstairs,
up the stairs, on a higher floor] [ant: below,
down the stairs, downstairs, on a lower floor]
2: with respect to the mind; "she's a bit weak upstairs"
English Language Idioms 
upstairs
ˈʌpˈstɛəz See: NOBODY HOME UPSTAIRS.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) 
upstairs I. adverb
Date: 1584 1. up the stairs ; on or to a higher
floor 2. to or at a high altitude or higher position <kicked
upstairs to company management> 3. in the head ;
intellectually <a little slow upstairs — Tom Clancy>
II. adjective Date: 1782
situated above the stairs especially on an upper floor <an
upstairs bedroom> III. noun plural but singular or plural
in construction
Date: 1842 the part of a building above the ground floor
Oxford English Reference Dictionary 
upstairs adv., adj., & n. --adv. to or on an upper floor. --adj. (also upstair) situated upstairs. --n. an upper floor.
English Explanatory Dictionary 
upstairs
ˈʌpˈstɛəz adv., adj., & n. --adv. to or on an upper
floor. --adj. (also upstair) situated upstairs. --n. an upper floor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
Upstairs \Up*stairs"\, adv.
Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
Upstairs \Up"stairs`\, a.
Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room.
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "upstairs":
above, abovestairs, airward, aloft, aloof, heavenward, high,
high up, in the air, in the clouds, on high, on stilts,
on the peak, on tiptoe, over, overhead, skyward, straight up,
tiptoe, to the zenith, up, up attic, up north, up steps, upalong,
uphill, uphillward, uplong, upstream, upstreamward, uptown, upward,
upwards, upwith
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