upside
/ˈʌpˌsaɪd/
upside noun: the highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
Noun
upside (plural upsides)
- The highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
- A favourable aspect of something that also has an unfavourable aspect.
- The only upside of being over 35 is that you don't get raped as much.2013, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight (motion picture), Julie Delpy (actor)
- They said we’d be free of all that tedious European red tape and would take back control of our borders, encouraging anyone agitated by immigration to believe that fewer people would come in. There would be no downside, only upsides.2023 June 23, Jonathan Freedland, “With even leavers regretting Brexit, there’s one path back to rejoining the EU”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- beauty, bright side
- Antonyms:
- downside
- An upward tendency, especially in a financial market etc.
- Antonyms:
- downside
Preposition
upside
- On the top of.
- Ruth Ann clenched her hand around the hairbrush and felt like smacking Ashley upside the head with it. She knew better than to talk that way.2002, Pamela Duncan, Moon Women
upside meaning in Telugu and Arabic
upside in Telugu
- upside
- ఎగువ eguva
upside in Arabic
- the highest or uppermost side or portion of something
- فَوْق fawq
Examples of upside in a sentence
- The Union flag was flying upside down, a sign of danger.
- They turned the house upside down looking for the car keys.
- The thief had turned the room upside down.
Synonyms of upside
Antonyms
Forms of upside
| plural | upsides |
|---|---|
| alternative form | up-side |
Origin of upside
From up + side.
Words formed from upside
Phrases with upside
Questions about upside
- What does upside mean?
- Upside means the highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
- What is upside in Telugu?
- Upside in Telugu is ఎగువ (eguva). See Upside meaning in Telugu.
- What part of speech is upside?
- Upside can be a noun or a preposition.
- How do you pronounce upside?
- Upside is pronounced /ˈʌpˌsaɪd/.
- What is the plural of upside?
- The plural of upside is upsides.
Words near upside in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: upside (page history and authors); ఎగువ (Telugu) (page history and authors). 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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