upbeat
/ʌpˈbit/
upbeat adjective: having a fast pace, tempo, or beat.
Adjective
upbeat (comparative more upbeat, superlative most upbeat)
Noun
IPA/ˈʌpˌbit/
upbeat (plural upbeats)
- An unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase.
- The conductor said: I give you three beats for nothing and then you come in on the upbeat.
- Synonyms:
- unaccented beat, anticipatory note, anticipatory, unstressed note, unstressed, anacrusis, pickup
upbeat meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
upbeat in Tamil
- இலேசு
upbeat in Urdu
- دل بہلانے والا
upbeat in Malayalam
- cheerful, optimistic, cheery
- ആവേശഭരിതമായ, അത്യുത്സാഹമുള്ള, പ്രസാദാത്മകനായ, ഉത്സാഹമുള്ള, ഉല്ലാസമുള്ള, ശുഭാപ്തിവിശ്വാസമുള്ള
Examples of upbeat in a sentence
- Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.
- The show had a lot of pizzazz, with glittering costumes and upbeat music.
- Yet even the most upbeat AI leaders are quick to offer kernels of warning.
Synonyms of upbeat
- unaccented beat
- anticipatory note
- anticipatory
- unstressed note
- unstressed
- anacrusis
- pickup
Antonyms
Forms of upbeat
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more upbeat |
| superlative | most upbeat |
| alternative form | up-beat |
| Noun | |
| plural | upbeats |
Origin of upbeat
From up- + beat.
Words formed from upbeat
Words that rhyme with upbeat
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- entreat
- fleet
- retreat
- treat
- complete
- conceit
- repeat
- concrete
- discrete
- bittersweet
- suite
- cheat
- cleat
- deceit
- greet
- unseat
- compete
- defeat
- delete
- effete
- elite
- escheat
- indiscrete
- leet
- pleat
- skeet
- sleet
- accrete
- beet
- bleat
- gleet
- ifrit
- incomplete
- overeat
- overheat
- petite
- replete
- superheat
- teat
- tweet
- wheat
- yeet
- Bereshit
- Bow Street
- Crete
- discreet
- downbeat
- jeet
Questions about upbeat
- What does upbeat mean?
- Upbeat means having a fast pace, tempo, or beat.
- What is upbeat in Tamil?
- Upbeat in Tamil is இலேசு. See Upbeat meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is upbeat?
- Upbeat can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce upbeat?
- Upbeat is pronounced /ʌpˈbit/.
Words near upbeat in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: upbeat (page history and authors); upbeat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); upbeat (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); upbeat (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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