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"

upstairs ˈʌpˈstɛəz See: NOBODY HOME UPSTAIRS.

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

upstairs
adv., adj., & n.
--adv. to or on an upper floor.
--adj. (also upstair) situated upstairs.
--n. an upper floor.

upstairs ˈʌpˈstɛəz adv., adj., & n. --adv. to or on an upper floor. --adj. (also upstair) situated upstairs. --n. an upper floor.

Upstairs \Up*stairs"\, adv. Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.

Upstairs \Up"stairs`\, a. Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room.

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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