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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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"

Merriam Webster's

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 Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you go upstairs in a building, you go up a staircase towards a higher floor. He went upstairs and changed into fresh clothes... ? downstairs ADV: ADV after v 2. If something or someone is upstairs in a building, they are on a floor that is higher than the ground floor. The restaurant is upstairs and consists of a large, open room... The boys are curled asleep in the small bedroom upstairs. ? downstairs ADV: be ADV, n ADV 3. An upstairs room or object is situated on a floor of a building that is higher than the ground floor. Marsani moved into the upstairs apartment. ...an upstairs balcony. ADJ: ADJ n 4. The upstairs of a building is the floor or floors that are higher than the ground floor. Frances invited them to occupy the upstairs of her home. ? downstairs N-SING: the N

Moby Thesaurus

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