upstairs

(noun, adjective, adverb)

adjective

1. on or of upper floors of a building

- the upstairs maid

- an upstairs room

Similar word(s): upstair

Sentences with upstairs as an adjective:

- They can sleep in the upstairs bedroom.

- That fastball was upstairs for a ball.

adverb

1. on a floor above

- they lived upstairs

2. with respect to the mind

- she's a bit weak upstairs

Sentences with upstairs as an adverb:

- I'll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs.

- I hate the people who live upstairs, and I especially hate their piano.

- After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn't have a lot going on upstairs.

noun

1. the part of a building above the ground floor

- no one was allowed to see the upstairs

Definition categories: man–made, part, portion